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Article: 6 militants killed as U.S. military launches new offensive in Afghanistan
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- April 13, 2006
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6 militants killed as U.S. military launches new offensive in
Afghanistan
KABUL, April 13 (Xinhua) -- Six suspected Taliban militias were
killed on Wednesday as the U.S.-led coalition forces launched new
offensive in the eastern Kunar province, a press release of the U. S.
military said on Thursday.
The operation is taking place just day after a rocket strike on a
primary school and killing seven pupils in the area where hundreds of
supporters of ousted Taliban regime and former Prime Minister
Gulbudin Hekmatyar are said to have holed up.
Dubbed, as "Mountain Lion" the new operation, according to the
statement is part of the coalition forces ongoing offensive to deny
sanctuary and root ...