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Afghanistan/South Asia |
At Least Two |
2005-05-24 |
The military said the insurgents fired on Afghan and coalition forces as they left a Chinook helicopter. Coalition forces returned fire, killing the two rebels. Six others then fled into a nearby cave. Attack aircraft were called in and the cave was bombed. The statement did not say whether the six were killed. After a winter lull, loyalists of Afghanistan's ousted Taliban regime and other militants opposed to the U.S.-backed government of President Hamid Karzai have ramped up their insurgency with a series of bombings and other attacks. |
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