26 militants killed along Afghan border
Afghan officials said Sunday that 26 militants were killed in a gun battle with border security guards along the Pakistan frontier.
Nato also reported that an Afghan woman was killed when she was struck by an international forces vehicle in Kabul.The Ministry of Interior said Sunday that the battle between militants and the border guards occurred Saturday night in the Gurbuz district of Khost province in eastern Afghanistan.
The ministry says the bodies of 13 militants were recovered following the fighting. Air support was summoned to the area. No Afghan border security guards were killed in the violence, according to the ministry.
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