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13 Killed Near Kabul In  Gun Battle
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editor on 28 April, 2009 01:35:00
 
One police officer and 12 militants died on the outskirts of Kabul in Musahee
near Logar province during an exchange of gunfire, Afghan government officials
said on Tuesday.
In Paktika province, a police vehicle was blown up as it rolled over a roadside
bomb Tuesday, killing four officers, the Interior Ministry said in a statement.
U.S. forces on Sunday killed five Taliban fighters near Kandahar in southern
Afghanistan and arrested a Taliban commander in the Gulistan valley, NATO
officials in Kabul said.
The commander had been involved in attacks in Gulistan against Afghan security
forces and coalition troops, military officials said. No one else was injured or
killed in that operation.
The U.S. military lost a drone Sunday when it crashed shortly after launch in
Paktika Province. Officials at Bagram Air Force Base said the drone had
mechanical difficulties shortly after takeoff.