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| Nato air strikes in eastern Afghanistan kill Taliban | Nato air strikes in eastern Afghanistan kill Taliban |
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| At least 13 Taliban militants have been killed in Nato air strikes in the east Afghan province of Kunar, which lies on the border with Pakistan. | At least 13 Taliban militants have been killed in Nato air strikes in the east Afghan province of Kunar, which lies on the border with Pakistan. |
| Local officials reported the death of 46 suspected Taliban members while the insurgents themselves confirmed 13 had been killed and 10 wounded. | Local officials reported the death of 46 suspected Taliban members while the insurgents themselves confirmed 13 had been killed and 10 wounded. |
| Kunar border areas have come under heavy shelling from the Pakistani side in recent months. | Kunar border areas have come under heavy shelling from the Pakistani side in recent months. |
| Afghanistan and Pakistan accuse each other of failing to stop infiltrators. | Afghanistan and Pakistan accuse each other of failing to stop infiltrators. |
| The air strikes occurred in the Chapa Dara district of Kunar. | The air strikes occurred in the Chapa Dara district of Kunar. |
| Isaf, the Nato-led international force in Afghanistan, confirmed Nato had launched an air strike on suspected Taliban militants in Kunar. | |
| A spokesman told the BBC that a combined Afghan/Isaf operation killed more than two dozen militants. There were no reports of civilian casualties. | |
| There are conflicting reports about what the Taliban had been doing before the attack, said to have taken place at 13:00 (08:30 GMT) on Saturday. | |
| Senior Afghan officials in Kunar told the BBC that insurgents had come in "dozens of vehicles" to burn the houses of villagers and "possibly execute people". | |
| District police chief Najibullah Gujar told AFP news agency the militants had gathered to publicly execute a man accused of killing another man from a rival family. | District police chief Najibullah Gujar told AFP news agency the militants had gathered to publicly execute a man accused of killing another man from a rival family. |