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Artillery Strike Kills More Than 50 Taliban Leaders In Afghanistan, U.S. Military Says

A rocket is launched from a M-270A1, multiple launch rocket system, during a combined rocket live fire training exercise of the 1-38th Field Artillery, 210th Fires Brigade of the U.S. 2nd Infantry Division and South Korean Army's artillery unit 2000 at Rocket Valley training area near the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, in Cheorwon, 77 km (48 miles) northeast of Seoul, June 12, 2012. The exercise was conducted to increase readiness to defend South Korea according to the U.S. 2nd Infantry Division.  REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: MILITARY)
More than 50 senior Taliban commanders were killed in an artillery strike on a meeting in Afghanistan’s southern province of Helmand, a U.S. military spokesman said on Wednesday, as fighting continues across the country.
The attack on a meeting of commanders in the district of Musa Qala in Helmand, one of the heartlands of the Taliban insurgency, was a significant blow to the insurgents, said Lt. Col. Martin O’Donnell, spokesman for U.S. forces in Afghanistan.
“It’s certainly a notable strike,” he said, adding that several other senior and lower level commanders had been killed during operations over a 10-day period this month.
The Taliban dismissed the report as “propaganda” and said the attack had hit two civilian houses in Musa Qala, killing five civilians and wounding three.

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