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Sun 10 Oct 2008Nato-led forces kill 65 militants - Afghan officials
Afghan and Nato-led forces killed 65 Taliban militants preparing to attack the provincial capital of the southern province of Helmand, the provincial governor's spokesman said today.
The leader of the group of Taliban militants, Mullah Qudratullah, was also among the dead, he said, but there were no casualties among Afghan and Nato forces.
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