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Turkish troops shell Afrin to oust US-backed Kurdish militiaIstanbul (AFP) - Turkey on Friday started shelling the Syrian town of Afrin held by a US-backed Kurdish militia that Ankara considers "terrorists" in a move to oust them, the defence minister said.The Turkish government has repeatedly warned that a full-scale operation against Syrian towns controlled by the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) militia, including Afrin, is imminent after the US said it was training a 30,000-strong border force there."The Afrin operation will take place," Defence Minister Nurettin Canikli told A Haber television.Read more at: https://www.yahoo.com/news/turkish-troops-shell-afrin-oust-us-backed-kurdish-133643705.html