4 Suspected Taliban Fighters Killed by Army
From Times Wire Reports
At least four suspected members of the deposed Taliban militia were killed and two others captured after a gun battle in southeastern Afghanistan with soldiers from the nation’s new army, a government official said.
The soldiers confronted about 60 Taliban fighters in the area of Balai Zhar, about 75 miles southeast of Kandahar, a government spokesman in Kandahar said.
The Afghan soldiers suffered no casualties, he said.
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