NATO, Afghan troops kill scores of Taliban - NATO

KABUL, Sep 10 (Reuters) NATO and Afghan forces have killed 94 Taliban insurgents in a battle in southern Afghanistan, the alliance today said.

Backed by close air support, the militants were killed in two areas of Kandahar province in four encounters that started late on Saturday and lasted until just after dawn on Sunday, NATO said in a statement. It did not say if there were any casualties among NATO and Afghan forces.

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