10 militants killed in Afghanistan raids

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10 militants killed in Afghanistan raids
By Fisnik Abrashi - The Associated Press
Posted : Sunday Nov 16, 2008 10:29:39 EST

KABUL, Afghanistan — A raid by U.S. coalition troops in eastern Afghanistan killed five al-Qaida associated fighters and detained eight others, including a militant leader, the U.S. military said in a statement Sunday. Two U.S. troops were wounded in a suicide attack in the west.

Another five insurgents were killed in a firefight in a southern province, said the U.S. military, which has vowed to keep up attacks throughout the winter to keep pressure on insurgents trying to overthrow Afghanistan’s pro-Western government.

The detained al-Qaida associated militant leader is accused of assisting the Taliban with the movement and training of Arab and other foreign fighters into Afghanistan, the coalition statement said, without identifying him.

The troops made the raid in Paktia’s province Zurmat district Saturday. Five armed militants were killed and eight detained, the coalition said.

Violence by various insurgent groups has spiked this year to the highest level since a U.S.-led coalition ousted the Taliban’s hard-line Islamist regime in 2001 for sheltering Osama bin Laden and other al-Qaida leaders.


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