Taliban claim militants killed 15 US-led troops
Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:27:50 GMT


The Taliban in Afghanistan claimed Friday that the militants had killed at least 15 US-led troops in Khost Province.

Militant spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said the militants blew up a vehicle with hundreds of kilos of explosives targeting US-led troops in the area.

A Press TV correspondent in Kandahar said local sources had confirmed the report. According to the sources, the bomb exploded around noon killing many troops in the Lakno area, in the suburbs of Khost city.

The US-led force has not commented on the report.

A similar attack last night injured five American troops in the neighboring Paktia Province.

After more than eight years of US-led military involvement in Afghanistan, violence continues to spread in the war-torn country.

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