US-Led Force: Al-Qaida-Linked Fighters Killed In Afghanistan
Friday November 14th, 2008 / 6h52
KABUL (AFP)--The U.S.-led force in Afghanistan said Friday its soldiers killed four al-Qaida-linked militants in an operation aimed at a network helping move Arab and other foreign fighters into the country. The soldiers shot dead the four on Thursday close to the border with Pakistan in Zurmat district in the eastern province of Paktia, the force said in a statement. They were targeting an al-Qaida-linked militant "known to assist local Taliban leaders with the movement of Arabs and other foreign fighters into Afghanistan," it said. The group had carried out several suicide attacks and other bombings, the statement said. CIA Director Michael Hayden said Thursday in Washington that the al-Qaida network remains resilient having regrouped in Pakistan's tribal areas, which he described as a "safe haven" for the network. The U.S. led the invasion that removed the Taliban regime in 2001, weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks blamed on al-Qaida, which had training camps in Afghanistan. Click here to go to Dow Jones NewsPlus, a web front page of today's most important business and market news, analysis and commentary: http://www.djnewsplus.com/al?rnd=Zl42RD3mDSA12KI2spLZ%2Bg%3D%3D. You can use this link on the day this article is published and the following day.
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