22 militants, two foreign troops killed in Afghanistan

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Source: AFP

KABUL (AFP) - US-led air strikes killed 22 Taliban militants who attacked two towns in Afghanistan with rockets on Wednesday, while two more international soldiers died in explosions, officials said.

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Warplanes from the US-led coalition bombed militants in eastern Paktika province overnight after the latest in a series of large-scale rebel assaults in the region, a coalition statement said.

Rebels armed with rocket launchers and machineguns attacked the province's Sarobi district centre late Tuesday but were pushed back by Afghan forces, the statement and a spokesman for the coalition said.

Also in Helmand, a soldier in the US-led coalition was killed and three others were wounded when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb on Wednesday, although it was not clear if they were taking part in the same operation.

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Separately, a British soldier serving with a separate NATO security force was killed in a bomb blast in Helmand on Tuesday, the British Ministry of Defence said Wednesday.



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