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Afghanistan
US says it killed more than 130 Taliban
2007-04-30
US-led coalition troops killed more than 130 Taliban fighters in Afghanistan over the past several days, the coalition said on Monday, but thousands of Afghans staged a protest saying the victims were civilians. Backed by air support, the Taliban were killed in two separate battles in the western province of Herat, the US military said in a statement.

The deaths triggered an angry protest - the second in the country in two days - over what local villagers say was the killing of civilians. Herat, bordering Iran, had been relatively safe until recently compared with the south and east, where the Taliban are most active. Both battles were in the Zerkoh valley, south of Shindand district, where Western troops have a large base, and running into Farah province further south.

A total of 87 Taliban fighters were killed during a 14-hour battle with US-led troops and Afghan forces on Sunday. Another 49 Taliban, including two of their leaders, were killed two days earlier after a group of Taliban fired at a joint coalition and Afghan patrol in another part of the valley.
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