U.S. soldier among 13 killed in Afghan violence

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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SP243754.htm

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By Sayed Salahuddin

KABUL, July 25 (Reuters) - Fresh violence ahead of September elections rocked Afghanistan on Monday after fugitive Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar called on supporters to unite in their war on the government and U.S.-led foreign forces.

The U.S. military said heavy fighting in central Afghanistan killed 13 people, including a second U.S. soldier in two days.

The latest blow to U.S. forces, already suffering their bloodiest year in Afghanistan since ousting the Taliban from power in 2001, came when a U.S. patrol was attacked by small arms, rocket-propelled grenades and mortars in a village in Uruzgan province.

A U.S. statement said an Afghan soldier was also killed, along with 11 guerrillas, while three U.S. troops and an Afghan soldier were wounded in the heavy fighting west of Deh Rawud.

[Doctor_J]

1. Impossible

Limpballs said we won the war in Afghanistan. And he never lies. Exept when he moves his lips.