Soldiers Kill 5 Militants in Afghanistan
U.S. and Afghan soldiers killed five militants during a large-scale operation targeting Taliban and al-Qaida fighters in a volatile eastern region near Pakistan, the U.S. military said Tuesday. The renewed violence in Kunar province came as Afghanistan urged neighboring Pakistan to do more to curb militancy on their shared frontier, drawing an angry rebuke from Islamabad, which has deployed 80,000 soldiers to the region. Full Story