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KABUL - Afghan and NATO-led troops have killed 38 militants in Afghanistan, police said Saturday.
KABUL - A roadside bomb killed two policemen and three civilians Saturday in southern Afghanistan, while soldiers killed 12 insurgents in the north, officials said.
KABUL - A district governor and two others were killed in a car bombing in southern Afghanistan, while 12 policemen and six civilians were killed elsewhere in the country, officials said Tuesday.
KABUL - Twelve policemen were killed in Afghanistan's volatile southern and eastern regions, officials said Tuesday.
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