Over two dozen rebels killed in Afghan battle: U.S (also NATO soldier killed)

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Over two dozen rebels killed in Afghan battle: U.S
Mon Jul 23, 2007 5:04AM EDT

KABUL (Reuters) - U.S.-led troops killed more than two dozen
insurgents in a battle in Afghanistan's southern province of
Helmand, without any civilian casualties, the U.S. military
said on Monday.

However, a man who said he was a resident of the area told
Reuters at least eight civilians died in Sunday's battle in the
province's Musa Qala district.

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Also on Sunday 14 Taliban were killed in a raid by Afghan police
in the southern province of Zabul, the Afghan interior ministry
said. But the Taliban said it lost only four fighters, including
a senior commander, and added it had inflicted heavy losses on
the police.

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Separately, one NATO soldier was killed in an ambush in the
eastern province of Kunar on Sunday, the alliance said.


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