| GEO World | | 20 Taliban killed in Afghan strike: US-led coalition | Updated at: 1231 PST, Sunday, July 06, 2008
KABUL: US-led forces unleashed air strikes on a large group of militants operating in a mountainous area of Afghanistan near the Pakistan border Sunday and killed 20 of them, the force said.
The precision strikes in the eastern province of Nangarhar were conducted after "intelligence revealed a large group of militants operating in Deh Bala district," the force said in a statement.
"Several militants were killed today (Sunday) when coalition forces conducted precision air strikes in Nangarhar province," a statement from the coalition said.
"Coalition forces identified the militants in a mountainous region and used precision air strikes to kill them," it said. |  |
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