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Afghan official: 22 Taliban killed in south

May. 15, 2009
A provincial official says 22 Taliban militants, including three regional commanders, have been killed in a clash in southern Afghanistan. Dawood Ahmadi, a spokesman for the governor of Helmand province, says a band of Taliban fighters attacked two police...
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