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Coalition soldier dies of combat wounds
Jun 15, 2007, 10:43 GMT
Kabul - A soldier of the US-led coalition forces succumbed to injuries sustained in a combat operation in Afghanistan's eastern Paktika province Friday morning, the US military said in a statement.
'The name and nationality of the deceased service member is being withheld pending notification of next of kin,' the military statement said.
The US-led coalition and Afghan troops on Thursday killed a militant and arrested three others in a raid on a Taliban hideout in Paktika's Mata Khan district.
© 2007 dpa - Deutsche Presse-AgenturCOMMENT
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