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NATO airstrike kills 3 bombers in Helmand.

LASHKARGAH (PAN): Local officials in the southern province of Helmand on Tuesday said three militants involved in roadside bombings were killed in a NATO NATO: see North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
NATO
 in full North Atlantic Treaty Organization

International military alliance created to defend western Europe against a possible Soviet invasion.
 airstrike.

The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF ISAF International Security Assistance Force (UN program)
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) soldiers bombed the militants' hideouts in Chinari area of Sangin district Sangin is a district in the east of Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Its population, which is 100% Pashtun, was 50900 in 2005 year. The district centre is the town of Sangin. References
  • UNHCR District Profile, dated 2002-12-01, accessed 2006-08-04 (PDF).
 in the wee hours of Tuesday, district chief Mohammad Sharif Khan told Pajhwok Afghan News.

As a result of the airstrike, a woman and a girl living nearby were also wounded, he added.

The dead bodies of the militants were left lying at the scene while foreign soldiers took the wounded victims to their military base for treatment.

Neither the Taliban nor the coalition troops had so far commented on the airstrike.

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Publication:Pajhwok Afghan News (Kabul, Afghanistan)
Date:May 15, 2012
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