Bombing of Taliban Camp Leaves Three Terrorists Dead
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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – American-led coalition warplanes bombed a suspected Taliban camp in southern Afghanistan, killing three insurgents. Five more militants and one policeman died in a gunbattle nearby, officials said yesterday.
The aircraft fired two Hellfire missiles and dropped one bomb late Monday on the camp in the Lashkar Gah district of Helmand province, killing three Taliban militants while another fled, a military statement said.
About 50 Taliban militants raided a police checkpoint late Monday in the nearby mountainous insurgent stronghold of Miana Shien district, about 50 miles north of Kandahar, local official Shabi Khan said.
The gunfight continued into yesterday, leaving five Taliban and one policeman dead, Mr. Khan said. Two policeman also were wounded before the militants fled on foot into the mountains.
The American-led military said in a statement that six Afghan police and seven Taliban fighters were also wounded, but it was unclear if any of the militants were arrested.
In eastern Afghanistan, a roadside bomb blast killed four Afghan soldiers and wounded two others yesterday.
Taliban militants have stepped up attacks in recent months.
