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US military says 10 insurgents killed in Afghanistan
AFP - 2 hours 16 minutes ago
KABUL (AFP) - - The US-led force in Afghanistan said Saturday its troops had killed 10 militants, including foreign fighters, in an operation against the Al-Qaeda-linked Haqqani militant network.
Friday's operation in the province of Paktia, on the border with Pakistan, targeted leaders of the radical network and foreign militants known to have carried out bomb attacks, the coalition said in a statement.
The group, which straddles the border, was formed during the 1980s resistance to the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan under well-known fighter Jalaluddin Haqqani, although his son, Siraj, is said to have taken over.
"During the operation, the force encountered several groups of armed militants who opened fire on them," the statement said.
They returned fire with "precision munitions", it said, without clarifying if this included air strikes.
There are about 33,000 US troops in Afghanistan, making up about half of the international troops helping the government fight an insurgency involving the Taliban -- in government from 1996 to 2001 -- Al-Qaeda and Haqqani networks.
The eastern border is one of the most volatile parts of the country with militants said to arrive from sanctuaries in Pakistan.
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