KABUL, Sept 1 (AFP): Ground fighting and air strikes killed almost 60 insurgents near a Taliban stronghold in southern Afghanistan that has seen days of heavy fighting, the US-led counterterrorism force said today.
Attack aircraft were called in after insurgents ambushed patrolling Afghan police and international troops in the southern province of Helmand Friday, it said in a statement.
Insurgents attacked the combined patrol with guns, mortars and rocket- propelled grenades from several compounds inside populated areas of the Musa Qala district, the statement said.
60 militants killed in Afghanistan
FE Team | Published: September 02, 2007 00:00:00 | Updated: February 01, 2018 00:00:00
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