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NATO: Forces Kill 30 Militants in Eastern Afghanistan

   VOA News 30 October 2010

   The  NATO-led  force  in  Afghanistan  says coalition troops killed at
   least  30 militants Saturday, while fighting off an attack on a combat
   outpost in the country's east.
   The  attack  occurred  early  in the morning in the Bernal district of
   Paktika  province.  NATO says the militants fired from all directions
   with rocket-propelled grenades, small arms and mortars.
   Saturday's  statement  says  the  troops called in air support to help
   repel the assault.
   At  least  five  coalition  service  members  were  wounded during the
   firefight, but NATO says none were killed.

   Some information for this report was provided by Reuters.

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