Battle claims 60 members of Taliban
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A daylong battle near a Taliban-controlled town in Afghanistan’s Helmand province killed more than 60 Taliban fighters and one soldier from the U.S.-led coalition, American military officials said. The soldier was not immediately identified.
Several dozen insurgents attacked a joint coalition-Afghan patrol near Musa Qala with machine guns, mortars and rocket-propelled grenades, the U.S.-led coalition said in a statement.
The coalition returned artillery fire and called in fighter aircraft. The coalition said there were no immediate reports of civilian deaths or injuries.
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