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US-led air strikes kill 4 Taliban members
An operation in the Tarin Kowt area of Uruzgan province on Wednesday targeted a group of insurgents on motorcycles and killed "a number" of militants.
- Agencies
- Published: 15:35 February 14, 2008
Kabul: Four suspected Taliban insurgents have been killed following air strikes and a gunbattle involving US-led coalition forces on Thursday, the military and an Afghan official reported.
An operation in the Tarin Kowt area of Uruzgan province on Wednesday targeted a group of insurgents on motorcycles and killed "a number" of militants, the coalition said.
The coalition said troops searched compounds in Uruzgan associated with a Taliban leader they were seeking, and that "a number" of militants were killed by gunfire. Three militants were arrested.
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