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| Nato and Afghan forces have killed 94 Taleban fighters in intense overnight clashes in southern Afghanistan, the military alliance says. | Nato and Afghan forces have killed 94 Taleban fighters in intense overnight clashes in southern Afghanistan, the military alliance says. |
| Ground troops, backed up by air support, fought four battles in two areas of Kandahar province, Nato said. | Ground troops, backed up by air support, fought four battles in two areas of Kandahar province, Nato said. |
| The fighting was part of a Nato-led operation called Medusa, which the alliance says has killed 420 insurgents since it began over a week ago. | The fighting was part of a Nato-led operation called Medusa, which the alliance says has killed 420 insurgents since it began over a week ago. |
| Taleban spokesmen have disputed the death toll. | Taleban spokesmen have disputed the death toll. |
| Meanwhile, in a separate incident in eastern Afghanistan, the governor of Paktia province has been killed by a suicide bomber. | |
| The attacker detonated a bomb attached to his body, killing both Governor Hakim Taniwal and his driver, local police chief Abdul Hanan Raufi said. | |
| Artillery barrages | |
| The latest fighting in southern Afghanistan took place in the Taleban stronghold of Panjwayi and neighbouring Zhari district, not far from Kandahar city. | |
| It comes a day after Nato carried out air strikes and artillery barrages in the same area, which, according to the alliance, killed 40 Taleban. | |
| Operation Medusa began on 2 September and aims to drive the insurgents from their strongholds in Kandahar. | |
| It is the biggest operation in the area since the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) took over southern Afghanistan from a US-led coalition at the end of July. |