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10 militants killed in Andar clash.


GHZNI CITY (PAN): Ten Taliban fighters have been killed in an operation in the volatile southern province of Ghazni, the police chief claimed on Friday. Brig. Gen. Khyalbaz Sherzoy told Pajhwok Afghan News seven insurgents Insurgents, in U.S. history, the Republican Senators and Representatives who in 1909–10 rose against the Republican standpatters controlling Congress, to oppose the Payne-Aldrich tariff and the dictatorial power of House speaker Joseph G. Cannon.  were wounded in the crackdown in Andar district Andar is one of the eastern districts of Ghazni Province in Afghanistan. The population has been estimated at 106,000, all Pashtun. The district center is Miray.

The main source of income in the district is agriculture, which has been seriously affected by drought.
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 and Haji Muhammad were among those killed during the joint Afghan National Army-police sweep.

Sherzoy said one policeman was killed and three others were injured when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb. The clash in Andar lasted about three hours.

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Publication:Pajhwok Afghan News (Kabul, Afghanistan)
Date:Sep 14, 2009
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