4 suspected insurgents killed, 3 U.S.-led coalition troops wounded in Afghanistan
Posted 12/18/2006 1:36
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The U.S.-led coalition troops clashed with suspected militants in southern Afghanistan, leaving four insurgents dead and three soldiers wounded, a statement said Monday.
The troops, operating alongside the Afghan army, called in airstrikes during Sunday's clash in Kandahar province's Sperwan Ghar district. They also seized weapons caches containing mines and explosives, the statement said.
In the east, U.S.-led and Afghan troops early Monday detained 10 suspected insurgents, including "a known transporter of weapons and explosives" with links to movements of foreign fighters in the region, a coalition the statement said. It did not identify any of the suspects.
No one was wounded during the operation in the village of Qazian in eastern Kunar province.
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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The U.S.-led coalition troops clashed with suspected militants in southern Afghanistan, leaving four insurgents dead and three soldiers wounded, a statement said Monday.
The troops, operating alongside the Afghan army, called in airstrikes during Sunday's clash in Kandahar province's Sperwan Ghar district. They also seized weapons caches containing mines and explosives, the statement said.
In the east, U.S.-led and Afghan troops early Monday detained 10 suspected insurgents, including "a known transporter of weapons and explosives" with links to movements of foreign fighters in the region, a coalition the statement said. It did not identify any of the suspects.
No one was wounded during the operation in the village of Qazian in eastern Kunar province.
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