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Washington Times
June 25, 2008
Pg. 21
KABUL-- Coalition warplanes swooped down on militants withdrawing from a firefight with police into the mountains of Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing 15, officials said.
A spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition said an unmanned drone identified the retreating gunmen and “close air support was used to engage and kill” them. The police chief of Paktia province said 15 militants were killed.
Also Tuesday, senior German defense officials said the country planned to increase the number of its troops in Afghanistan by 1,000 this fall. The proposed increase would bring the total German commitment to the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force to 4,500.
Meanwhile in Pakistan, Taliban militants began withdrawing from a northwestern town after capturing it the previous day in a clash with rivals, a government official said.
June 25, 2008
Pg. 21
KABUL-- Coalition warplanes swooped down on militants withdrawing from a firefight with police into the mountains of Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing 15, officials said.
A spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition said an unmanned drone identified the retreating gunmen and “close air support was used to engage and kill” them. The police chief of Paktia province said 15 militants were killed.
Also Tuesday, senior German defense officials said the country planned to increase the number of its troops in Afghanistan by 1,000 this fall. The proposed increase would bring the total German commitment to the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force to 4,500.
Meanwhile in Pakistan, Taliban militants began withdrawing from a northwestern town after capturing it the previous day in a clash with rivals, a government official said.