Several insurgents killed in coalition operation in Afghanistan
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Kabul - Several militants were killed during a US-led coalition forces operation to disrupt militant activities in Wardak province in central Afghanistan, officials said Wednesday. Coalition forces searched several compounds in the Sayed Abad district Tuesday targeting a Taliban commander suspected of conducting attacks on coalition forces, including an attack in Wardak on June 26 causing the deaths of three coalition soldiers and an Afghan interpreter, a military statement said. "Insurgents attacked the coalition forces with grenades and machineguns from a house where they were barricaded, coalition forces returned fire using small-arms, grenades and an airstrike, ultimately killing the militants," the statement said regarding Tuesday's incident.
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