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'Militants' caught in Afghan raid 'Militants' caught in Afghan raid
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US-led coalition and Afghan troops have arrested five suspected militants in eastern Afghanistan, a coalition statement said. US-led coalition and Afghan troops have detained 11 suspected militants in two raids in the east, the coalition says.
The men were arrested in a building near the city of Khost during an operation on Monday evening. Five men were arrested in a building near the city of Khost on Monday evening. Six others were captured near Jalalabad in Nangarhar province.
They were suspected of involvement in "anti-government activities and known terrorist groups", the statement said. The men are suspected of involvement with terrorist groups and one of having links with al-Qaeda, a statement said.
The operation came days after an ambush by US forces left at least eight civilians dead. The Afghan government and foreign forces fear that Taleban and al-Qaeda attacks will rise as winter snows thaw.
There were no reports of injuries in this raid. There were no reports of injuries in the two raids.
Nato fears that Taleban violence will escalate in several areas of Afghanistan as the winter snows thaw.
Bloodshed in Afghanistan last year returned to levels not seen since the fall of the Taleban in 2001, with the southern provinces of Helmand and Kandahar and areas in the east of the country particularly hard-hit.Bloodshed in Afghanistan last year returned to levels not seen since the fall of the Taleban in 2001, with the southern provinces of Helmand and Kandahar and areas in the east of the country particularly hard-hit.
Some 4,000 people are believed to have died last year in the insurgency - about a quarter of them civilians.Some 4,000 people are believed to have died last year in the insurgency - about a quarter of them civilians.