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Afghan, Nato forces target Taliban fighters in southern Afghanistan
Afghan and Nato troops targeted a group of Taliban fighters in southern Afghanistan, killing 17 militants and wounding six others, the Defence Ministry said on Monday.
Kabul: Afghan and Nato troops targeted a group of Taliban fighters in southern Afghanistan, killing 17 militants and wounding six others, the Defence Ministry said on Monday.
Four police were killed separately in a militant ambush in central Ghazni province, a provincial official said.
The joint force clashed on Sunday with militants in the Marjah district of Helmand province, the ministry said in a statement. The troops seized weapons and ammunition belonging to the militants and 132 pounds (60kgs) of drugs after the clash, it said.
Also on Sunday, militants ambushed a two-vehicle police convoy in Ghazni's Zana Khan district, killing four officers and wounding seven, a spokesman for the provincial governor said
Separately, the US-led coalition said its troops killed several militants and captured one they had sought in the northern province of Baghlan on Sunday.
The troops were searching for a militant wanted in connection with planting roadside bombs, it said in a statement on Monday. It did not specify the number of militants killed.
On Monday morning, a pair of Taliban fighters died when a mine they were planting exploded prematurely in the Spin Boldak district of Kandahar province in the country'sm south, a border security commander said.
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