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More than 100 Taliban killed in Afghan clash,
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 29 - 08 - 2007

U.S.-led coalition and Afghan forces killed more than 100 suspected Taliban insurgents,
and a suicide bomber blew himself next to an army patrol,
killing two Afghan soldiers and four civilians, officials
said.
The insurgents were killed Tuesday in Kandahar province in
southern Afghanistan after the joint force was ambushed by
a large group of militants who tried to overrun their
position, said a statement from the coalition.
The force called in airstrikes, which killed more than 100
suspected insurgents, the coalition said late Tuesday. The
casualty figures could not be independently verified
because of the remoteness of the area.
«Coalition aircraft destroyed the reinforced enemy
emplacements and sniper positions, as well as two trucks
used to reinforce and resupply the insurgent force,» the
statement said.
The clash left one Afghan soldier dead and three wounded.
Three coalition soldiers were also wounded, it said. The
nationality of the coalition soldiers was not disclosed,
but the vast majority of foreign troops in the area are
American.
Violence is soaring in Afghanistan. This year more than
3,900 people _ most of them militants _ have died,
according to an Associated Press tally of casualty figures
provided by Western and Afghan officials.
On Wednesday, a suicide bomber blew himself up next to an
Afghan army patrol in a market in Paktika province, killing
two soldiers and four shoppers, said Ghamai Khan, a
spokesman for the local governor. Ten other people were
wounded.
On Tuesday, U.S.-led and Afghan troops raided a house near
Kandahar city, killing two suspected militants and
detaining five others, a coalition statement said.
In the Taliban-held Musa Qala district of Helmand
province, militants ambushed a joint U.S.-Afghan force
Monday, another coalition statement said.
The joint force fought back, targeting militants who were
using several compounds and trenches for cover, it said.
About a dozen militants were killed in the clash.


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