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BlueJessamine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-28-09 07:56 AM
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US: 29 insurgents killed in eastern Afghanistan
Source: Associated Press

KABUL (AP) — U.S. coalition troops attacked a suspected foreign fighter camp in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing at least 29 insurgents in an intense firefight, the military said, while a NATO soldier died after a roadside bomb attack in the south.

At least six insurgents equipped with explosives blew themselves up during the clash in eastern Paktika province near the border with Pakistan, the coalition said in a statement.

One coalition member was wounded in the assault, in which troops also called in airstrikes for support.

Afghan authorities said they recovered 34 bodies, including 22 Arabs and Pakistanis, said Hamidullah Zuhak, a spokesman for Paktika's governor. They found personal documents on the bodies of those killed, he said.


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