15 Taliban killed in Nuristan

Published August 10, 2006

KABUL, Aug 9: US-led soldiers and warplanes killed 15 suspected Taliban militants who attacked a coalition compound with rockets and rifles in mountainous eastern Afghanistan, the coalition said on Wednesday.

Two US soldiers and an Afghan policeman were wounded in Tuesday evening’s battle in the remote province of Nuristan which borders Pakistan, it said in a statement.

It said 30 insurgents had attacked a provincial reconstruction team base in Nuristan’s Kamdesh district and coalition forces responded with small arms and mortar fire.—AFP

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