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Sunday, Nov. 08, 2009
Fighting in Afghan north kills 130 insurgents
KABUL -- NATO says Afghan and foreign troops have killed more than 130 insurgents, including eight Taliban commanders, in six days of fierce fighting during a major offensive in northern Afghanistan.
NATO said Monday that 700 members of the Afghan security forces and 50 international troops were involved in a clearing operation in the province of Kunduz. They did not identify the nationality of the international forces involved.
Kunduz, a province which borders Tajikistan, is the main area of operation for German forces. But Lt. Col. Joerg Lange, a spokesman for German forces, said none had been involved in the fighting.
AP Photo - In this photo released by the British Ministry of Defense, British soldiers and coalition forces take part in a Remembrance Sunday service, Britain's annual ceremony for the country's war dead, at Camp Bastion, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. Britain's Defense Ministry said Sunday that a soldier from the 2nd Battalion, The Rifles, was killed in an explosion Saturday near Sangin in Afghanistan's central Helmand province.
AP Photo - U.S. army soldiers secure a road as a fuel truck burns outside Jalalabad, Nangarhar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. A supply convoy of NATO and coalition forces was attacked by militants near Jalalabad city, two of the tankers were set on fire and three others damaged.
AP Photo - An Afghan army soldier secures a road as a fuel truck burns outside Jalalabad, Nangarhar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. A supply convoy of NATO and coalition forces was attacked by militants near Jalalabad city, two of the tankers were set on fire and three others damaged.
AP Photo - An Afghan army soldier gestures next to a burning fuel truck on a road outside Jalalabad, Nangarhar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. A supply convoy of NATO and coalition forces was attacked by militants near Jalalabad city, two of the tankers were set on fire and three others damaged.
AP Photo - An Afghan army soldier secures a road as a fuel truck burns outside Jalalabad, Nangarhar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. A supply convoy of NATO and coalition forces was attacked by militants near Jalalabad city, two of the tankers were set on fire and three others damaged.
AP Photo - A U.S. army soldier pass by a burning fuel truck on a road outside Jalalabad, Nangarhar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. A supply convoy of NATO and coalition forces was attacked by militants near Jalalabad city, two of the tankers were set on fire and three others damaged.
The fighting took place from last week in the Charhar Dara district in Kunduz.
Associated Press writers Rahim Faiez, Elena Becatoros and Deb Riechmann contributed to this report.
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