'22 militants killed in Afghanistan'

Published September 14, 2004

KABUL, Sept 13: Twenty-two suspected Taliban and Al Qaeda militants, including three Arabs, were killed in a fierce gun-battle with United States-led coalition forces in southeastern Afghanistan, the United States military said on Monday.

"Twenty-two anti-coalition militias were killed - three of them were Arabs," military spokesman Major Scott Nelson told a news briefing in Kabul.

Another three suspected militants, including an Arab who's nationality was not disclosed, were captured in the fighting which took place overnight, he said. -AFP

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