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Roundup: 33 militants killed as int'l forces intensifies crackdown in Afghanistan

Roundup: 33 militants killed as int'l forces intensifies crackdown in Afghanistan By Zhang Yunlong

KABUL, July 1 (Xinhua) -- The U.S.-led Coalition forces have killed on Monday 33 militants in eastern Afghan province Khost as the eastern region bordering Pakistan has increasingly been the scene of Taliban-led militancy, the military alliance said on Tuesday.

Attack helicopters and a bomber were used after a Coalition aerial reconnaissance team located the militants armed with heavy machine-guns and RPGs (rocket-propelled grenades), the U.S.-led military said in a brief statement issued from Bagram Air Field, north of Kabul.

This fresh raid brought the number of casualties on the part of ...

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