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Militants killed in clashes in southern Afghanistan

At least 32 militants, including several Arab fighters, were killed in clashes with Afghan police overnight in southern Afghanistan, provincial officials said on Wednesday.

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  • Published: 14:03 September 3, 2008
  • Gulf News

Kandahar: At least 32 militants, including several Arab fighters, were killed in clashes with Afghan police overnight in southern Afghanistan, provincial officials said on Wednesday.

Police on patrol in a village in Zabul province near the border with Pakistan were attacked by militants, a provincial officer said.

Twenty two militants, including seven Arabs, were killed in the clash, he said, adding that the police “suffered no casualties''.

Separately in Helmand, clashes with Taliban militants killed at least ten rebels.

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