38 Taliban, NATO soldier killed in Afghanistan

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Source: Yahoo/AFP

KABUL (AFP) - US and Afghan troops backed by warplanes killed more than 35 Taliban militants during a five-hour battle in a bitterly contested area of southern Afghanistan, the US-led coalition said Friday.

Meanwhile a NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) soldier was killed in a separate gunbattle with rebels on Friday, becoming the 12th foreign soldier to die in Afghanistan in a week.

US special forces and Afghan troops also killed three Taliban who pinned down a group of civilian contractors after their helicopter came down in another area.

The fighting on Thursday in which most of the rebels were killed took place in the Sangin district of Helmand province, which around 1,000 Afghan and international troops wrested from insurgent control at the weekend.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070413/ts_afp/afghanistanunrest

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1. UK soldier killed in Afghanistan

Source: BBC

Last Updated: Friday, 13 April 2007, 16:39 GMT 17:39 UK

UK soldier killed in Afghanistan

A British soldier in Afghanistan has died after coming
under small arms fire, the Ministry of Defence has said.

The soldier, a member of the 1st Battalion Royal Anglian
Regiment, had been on a routine patrol.

The MoD said the attack happened after troops challenged
a five-man Taleban team attempting to set-up an ambush.

Next of kin have been informed and have requested a
period of 24 hours before further details are released, a
spokesperson said.

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Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6553637.stm