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Taliban Celebrates Ramadan with RPGs and Gunfire, Afghan Army Joins In Celebration and Kills 45

By Duane Lester • Sep 13th, 2007

The Afghan Army killed up to 45 Taliban members following an attack on a patrol:

afghan-army.jpgAirstrikes and Afghan army gunfire killed more than 45 suspected Taliban fighters in a clash in a southern province just as the holy month of Ramadan began, the U.S.-led coalition said.

The battle in the southern province of Uruzgan on Wednesday began when insurgents attacked a joint Afghan army and U.S.-led coalition patrol with rocket-propelled grenades and gunfire, the coalition said.

Happy Ramadan.

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