22 killed in Afghanistan

Published July 30, 2006

KABUL, July 29: US-led troops arrested four suspected Al Qaeda militants in a raid in eastern Afghanistan while at least 18 Taliban and four policemen were killed in other areas during the latest fighting in the insurgency-plagued country, officials said on Saturday.

There were no casualties on either side during the raid conducted early Saturday in Sal Kalay village in Khost province near the Pakistan border, the US military said in a statement.—AFP

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