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Taliban Ambush Kills 15 Afghan Forces, US Attacks Insurgents

Ayaz Gul

   ISLAMABAD - Afghan officials said Friday fresh fighting in the southern
   province of Zabul has killed at least 15 members of the security force
   and 12 Taliban insurgents.
   Separately, the United States military reported it has also conducted
   airstrikes in the south and elsewhere in Afghanistan to disrupt
   "coordinated" Taliban attacks against Afghan National Defense and
   Security Forces (ANDSF).
   Gul Islam Sayal, a provincial government spokesman, told VOA that
   insurgents ambushed a "police reinforcement" convoy early Friday on the
   main highway linking Zabul with the Kandahar province.

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