More than 40 suspected Taliban killed in Afghan raid

Afghan and US-led coalition forces today killed more than 40 suspected Taliban militants in raid on a compound in southern Afghanistan.

Mon, 10 Jul, 2006 - 16:05

Afghan and US-led coalition forces today killed more than 40 suspected Taliban militants in raid on a compound in southern Afghanistan.

One Afghan army soldier was killed and three coalition troops wounded in the fighting near Tarin Kot, the capital of Uruzgan province, 110 miles north of Kandahar, said Sgt. Chris Miller.

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Courts Heathrow Place: southern Afghanistan Place: Tarin Kot Place: Uruzgan Place: Kandahar Place: United States Place: US Place: Afghanistan Place: Shinkay Person: Chris Miller Person: President Hamid Karzai Person: Mohammed Raziq Khan Organisation: Taliban Organisation: Associated Press Organisation: Nato Organisation: United Nations

Some 475 people, most of them South Korean nationals, were detained at the site on Friday, immigration authorities said (Corey Bullard/US Immigration and Customs Enforcement via AP)

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