26 militants, two NATO soldiers killed in Afghan violence

0 Comments | AFP, June, 2008

KHOST, Afghanistan (AFP) — NATO warplanes and Afghan forces killed 26 militants, while two NATO soldiers died in separate attacks, officials said Tuesday.

The violence made June one of the bloodiest months so far in an insurgency launched by Taliban rebels after its ouster from government by US-led forces in 2001.

Several foreign militants were among the dead after the air strike early Tuesday by the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in the eastern province of Paktia, near the border with Pakistan, officials said.

Insurgents opened fire on the headquarters of the province's Sayed Karam district but were driven away after a gunbattle which caused slight damage to the building, provincial government spokesman Rohullah Samoon said.

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