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US, Afghan forces kill over 20 Al Qaeda fighters in southern Afghanistan raid, officials sayBy Lucas Tomlinson, Stephen Sorace | Fox NewsU.S. special operations forces, including an American gunship, backed Afghan commandos in a predawn raid on a building filled with dozens of Al Qaeda fighters in southern Afghanistan, killing over 20 of the militants, officials said Monday.A U.S. Air Force AC-130 gunship leveled the building in the volatile Helmand Province after a suicide bomber detonated his vest during the joint operation, according to a U.S. official.Helmand police chief Col. Ehsamudin Helmandi said Afghan special forces killed 22 Taliban militants in addition to the Al Qaeda fighters. At least 14 other militants were wounded and some were taken prisoner as a result of the operations.Read more at: https://www.foxnews.com/world/us-kill-al-qaeda-fighters-afghanistan
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