U.S.-Afghan raid kills 30 Taliban
12 civilians die in roadside violence
Posted: September 29, 2009 at 5:08 a.m.
Afghan-American translator Waheed Kazenpoor of California translates Monday for U.S. troops as they speak with a local villager during a joint Afghan-U.S. patrol in an area frequented by Taliban militants in the Nawa district, Helmand province, of southern Afghanistan.
A U.S. team working with Afghan soldiers swooped in on a militant stronghold in the country's west, killing at least 30 Taliban fighters, U.S. and Afghan officials said Monday. Elsewhere, a Taliban highway ambush left six truckers dead, and a roadside bomb killed another six Afghans in a crowded van.
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