Coalition kills 12 rebels in Afghan clashes

Fighting between insurgents and US-led coalition and Afghan forces in the country’s troubled east left 12 rebels dead and one US soldier slightly wounded, the US military said today.

Coalition kills 12 rebels in Afghan clashes
Sun, 22 May, 2005 - 12:29

Fighting between insurgents and US-led coalition and Afghan forces in the country’s troubled east left 12 rebels dead and one US soldier slightly wounded, the US military said today.

The clash occurred yesterday in Paktika province, which borders Pakistan, said US military spokesman Lt. Col. Jerry O’Hara.

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