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Six NATO troops, 3 Afghan soldiers killed in ambush
10 Nov 2007 06:39:17 GMT
Source: Reuters
KABUL, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Six troops from the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and three Afghan soldiers have been killed in an ambush by insurgents in eastern Afghanistan, ISAF said in a statement on Saturday.

Eight ISAF troops and 11 Afghan soldiers were also wounded in the fighting which began when insurgents ambushed their patrol from multiple positions with rocket-propelled grenades and small arms fire, the statement said.
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ATTENTION EDITORS - REFILING WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION A Canadian soldier, Jerome Deschenes, 31, from the NATO-led coalition shivers in the morning cold the day after heavy fighting against insurgents in the Taliban heartland of Sangisar in the Zhari district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan November 18, 2007. Afghan and NATO-led troops, backed by air power, killed at least 12 Taliban fighters and wounded another 15 in an operation in southern Afghanistan, a Defence Ministry spokesman said on Sunday. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (AFGHANISTAN)



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