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The US military in Afghanistan says its troops have killed 10 suspected fighters at a base belonging to a group believed to be linked to al-Qaeda.
Foreign fighters were reported to be among the dead from the raid in Paktia province, near the border with Pakistan, on Friday, the military said in a statement. "During the operation, the force encountered several groups of armed militants who opened fire on them," it said. They returned fire with "precision munitions", it said, without clarifying whether air raids were used. The Haqqani movement was formed during the Afghan resistance against the Soviet occupation of the 1980s, under Jalauddin Haqqani, its founder. Siraj, his son, is said to have taken over the movement in recent years. US military said that the attack on Friday had targeted leaders of the group and foreign fighters who were suspected of involvement in bomb attacks. Separately, Afghan police said two national intelligence agents and one police officer were killed in a bombing south of the capital Kabul. General Zalmai Oryakhain, a regional police commander, said the attack took place while the security forces were responding to another bombing that injured three police officers.
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