Two US soldiers wounded in Afghanistan,

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US confirms 124 militants dead

http://www.myafghan.com/news2.asp?id=820098919

Article submitted at 4:05 PM (CST) on 9/8/2003


AFP) - Two US soldiers were wounded in weekend clashes with suspected Taliban in eastern Afghanistan, the US military said, as its troops hunted militants fleeing the biggest anti-Taliban offensives in more than a year.

The US military also confirmed reports on Monday from Afghan officials that 124 militants had been killed one of the offensives, the nine-day old Operation Mountan Viper against rebel hideouts in the Daychopan mountains in southeast Zabul province, 300 kilometres (190 miles) southwest of Kabul.

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He added that one US soldier was wounded Sunday in a firefight with around five militants near Shkin in Paktika province, near where two US soldiers were killed in August.

Another US soldier was shot and wounded in a separate clash in the northeast border town of Barikot, Kunar province some 240 kilometres (150 miles) northeast of Kabul, Davis said.

So much for no US casualties in the last 7 days. Oh right, they wer only talking about Iraq