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Bomb kills US coalition member in Afghanistan
The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Aug 28, 2008 6:46:03 EDT
Posted : Thursday Aug 28, 2008 6:46:03 EDT
KABUL, Afghanistan — The U.S.-led coalition says a roadside bomb has killed one of its members in southern Afghanistan.
A coalition statement says the soldier was killed during a patrol Wednesday. The victim’s nationality and the exact location of the blast have not been released.
Separately, the coalition says its troops killed a militant and detained two others during a raid in the eastern Paktika province.
It says the militant was killed by small-arms fire as the troops searched compounds Wednesday.
More than 3,500 people, mostly militants, have died in insurgency-related violence so far this year, according to an Associated Press tally of figures provided by Afghan and Western officials.
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