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Afghan, coalition troopskill more than 40 militants
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published September 7, 2007
KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghan and U.S.-led coalition troops killed more than 40 suspected Taliban militants in southern Afghanistan, the latest in a wave of strikes that have claimed the lives of hundreds of insurgents, the coalition said Thursday. A joint Afghan and coalition force was on a combat patrol Wednesday in Sha Wali Kot district in southern Kandahar province when came it under attack from insurgent small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades, the coalition said in a statement. Soldiers repelled the attack before calling in coalition aircraft which "destroyed the positively identified enemy firing positions with precision guided munitions," it said. The coalition said "more than 40 insurgents" were killed, while Afghan and foreign forces suffered no losses. Taliban spokesmen were not immediately available for comment, and it was not possible to independently confirm the death toll. Afghan and coalition forces claim to have killed several hundred Taliban insurgents in recent weeks.
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