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/ 24 August 2006

US says seven al-Qaeda ‘facilitators’ killed

Seven suspected al-Qaeda members were killed in a clash in Afghanistan on Thursday, the United States military said, although Afghan officials said those killed were civilians. The US and Afghan troops were on an operation to capture ”a known al-Qaeda facilitator” linked to attacks on Afghan and coalition troops, the US military said.

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