NATO, Afghan troops kill 26 Taliban (roadside bomb explodes on US convoy, no word on casualties)

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Source: AP

KABUL, Afghanistan - A battle pitting NATO and Afghan troops against Taliban fighters in southern Afghanistan killed 20 militants, while police repelled a Taliban attack in eastern Afghanistan, killing six of the insurgents, officials said Friday.

A roadside bomb, meanwhile, exploded on a convoy of U.S.-led coalition forces in Laghman province, causing a number of casualties, the U.S.-led coalition said without providing any further details.

In the southern battle, troops from NATO's International Security Assistance Force as well as Afghan police and soldiers battled Taliban fighters in the Zhari district of Kandahar province, and the three-hour battle left 20 Taliban dead, said Khairuddin Khan, the Zhari district chief.

A Taliban commander called Mullah Naqibullah was among the dead, Khan said.



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1. NATO soldier among 11 killed in Afghanistan

ASADABAD, Afghanistan (AFP) - A NATO soldier was killed in a bomb blast in Afghanistan while two Afghan women and a policeman died in attacks elsewhere linked to a deepening Taliban insurgency, officials said.

The interior ministry also announced that six "enemies" were killed when they tried to abduct a policeman or one of his relatives from his home late Thursday.

A roadside bomb struck a vehicle of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in eastern Afghanistan, killing one soldier and wounding three others, an Afghan working for the alliance said.

The blast was on the outskirts of Mehtarlam about 100 kilometres (60 miles) east of Kabul, said an employee of the alliance's press office for eastern Afghanistan.

"One of the soldiers was killed and three were wounded in the blast," said the man, named only Rahmanullah.

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2. NATO soldier among 30 said killed in Afghanistan

ASADABAD, Afghanistan (AFP) - A NATO soldier was killed in a bomb blast in Afghanistan Friday while two Afghan women and a policeman died in attacks elsewhere linked to a deepening Taliban insurgency, officials said.

Afghan officials also announced that around 26 rebel fighters were killed, six of them when they tried to abduct a policeman or one of his relatives from his home late Thursday.

A roadside bomb struck a vehicle of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in eastern Afghanistan, killing one soldier and wounding three others, an Afghan working for the alliance said.

The blast was on the outskirts of Mehtarlam about 100 kilometres (60 miles) east of Kabul, said an employee of the alliance's press office for eastern Afghanistan.

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