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Thirteen killed in Afghan clashes

Other News Materials 22 August 2010 16:23 (UTC +04:00)
Thirteen people were killed in fresh violence in Afghanistan, officials said Sunday
Thirteen killed in Afghan clashes

Thirteen people were killed in fresh violence in Afghanistan, officials said Sunday, dpa reported.

   Among them was a member of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), who lost his life in an insurgent attack in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday.

   Separately, a roadside bomb struck a vehicle in the western province of Faryab, killing a local commander and four others, the Afghan interior ministry said.

   Meanwhile, ISAF forces killed two insurgents in the southern province of Zabul on Saturday. The troops were in pursuit of a Taliban commander who led attacks on Afghan civilians and security forces, ISAF said.

   In the southern province on Helmand, insurgents killed two female civilians while attempting to target a patrol of Afghan and international troops.

   In neighboring Kandahar province, three Taliban commanders where killed in a raid by Afghan and ISAF troops on a Taliban hideout in Arghandab district on Saturday night, a spokesman for the provincial governor said.

   Some 140,000 NATO and 134,000 Afghan Nation Army troops are currently fighting against growing insurgency across the country.

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