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Sixty Taliban, 16 civilians dead: Afghan governor
22. May 2006, 04:47
By Mirwais Afghan, Reuters
U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan killed more than 60 Taliban fighters in attacks on their strongholds in the south on Monday, the governor of Kandahar province said.
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News Headlines:
22.05.2006 » Airstrike in South Afghanistan Kills 76
22.05.2006 » Around 50 dead in coalition bombing in Afghanistan
22.05.2006 » 50 Taliban Rebels Killed in Afghanistan
22.05.2006 » 'Fifty die' in Afghan air strike
21.05.2006 » More die in fresh Afghan fighting
21.05.2006 » Car bomb attack in Afghan capital


Airstrike in South Afghanistan Kills 76

By NOOR KHAN, Associated Press
U.S.-led coalition aircraft bombed a rebel stronghold in southern Afghanistan, killing about 60 suspected Taliban militants and 16 civilians, an Afghan governor said Monday.
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Around 50 dead in coalition bombing in Afghanistan

By Nasrat Shoib, AFP
Coalition warplanes bombed a village in southern Afghanistan overnight, killing around 50 people, the US-led coalition and witnesses have said.
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50 Taliban Rebels Killed in Afghanistan

By NOOR KHAN, Associated Press
U.S.-led coalition forces killed about 50 suspected Taliban militants in an airstrike on a rebel stronghold in southern Afghanistan, a spokesman for the force said Monday. Residents claimed dozens of civilians were killed.
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'Fifty die' in Afghan air strike

BBC News - Aircraft from the US-led coalition have struck a village in southern Afghanistan killing up to 50 Taleban, a US military spokesman has said.
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More die in fresh Afghan fighting

BBC News - Fierce battles with insurgents over the past two days in the south of Afghanistan have left at least 16 Afghan soldiers dead, officials say.
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Car bomb attack in Afghan capital

BBC News - A suicide car bomber has attacked a busy street in the Afghan capital, Kabul, local police said.
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Irish police end Afghans' protest

BBC News - Afghan asylum seekers on hunger strike in a Dublin cathedral have been removed from the building by Irish police following a seven-day stand-off.
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Fighting in Afghanistan Kills 34

By NOOR KHAN, Associated Press
Militants hiding in a vineyard and armed with machine guns ambushed an Afghan army convoy Saturday, shooting dead four soldiers but losing 15 of their own. Violence elsewhere killed another 15 people — including two French troops and a U.S. soldier.
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Two French soldiers killed in combat in Afghanistan

AFP - Two French soldiers were killed and a third was wounded in fighting with suspected Taliban militants in southern Afghanistan, the defence ministry said here.
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Doubts over Taleban chief seizure

BBC News - Fresh doubts have been raised over claims by Afghan officials that they have captured one of the Taleban's top commanders, Mullah Dadullah.
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Fighting in Southern Afghanistan Kills 12

By NOOR KHAN, Associated Press
Suspected Taliban rebels ambushed two Afghan army convoys in the country's south, setting off gunbattles that killed 10 militants, an Afghan soldier and a civilian, the Afghan military said Saturday.
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The Taleban's most feared commander

By Rahimullah Yusufzai, BBC News
If confirmed, the capture of Mullah Dadullah would remove the most dangerous Taleban military commander. He would be the highest-ranking military chief captured since the fall of Taleban regime in December 2001.
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Many dead in Turkey lorry crash

BBC News - At least 40 people have been killed and six injured in a lorry collision in southern Turkey, officials say. A lorry carrying passengers crashed into a stationary lorry on a road near the southern town of Osmaniye.
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Mind your own business, Islamabad tells Kabul

ISLAMABAD (The News) - Pakistan on Friday angrily rejected allegations by Afghan President Hamid Karzai it was letting Taliban militants infiltrate Afghanistan to carry out attacks.
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‘Dadullah’ says he is free man

By Rahimullah Yusufzai, The News
PESHAWAR: Refuting Afghan government claims that he had been captured, a man claiming to be Taliban commander Mulla Dadullah Akhund told The News late on Friday night that he was a free man.
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