- Islamabad IRNA - The bodies
of 124 American troops have been flown back home in a cargo plane on
November
29, claimed a local daily here on Sunday.
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- 'Pakistan Observer' reported that the troops were killed
during clashes with Taliban fighters when they had landed in Helmand
province
to help the ex-governor of Kandahar Gul Agha's Lashkar fighters against
Taliban.
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- It added the perished troops are being officially
described
as missing in action.
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- Meanwhile, another daily, 'The Frontier Post', said 65
US marines have been killed by Taliban suicide squads in southern
Afghanistan.
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- Reports of fresh casualties come as the US and the
coalition
forces struggle to keep a tight lid on the talk of casualties in the
country,
the daily pointed out.
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- Quoting witnesses, the newspaper added since their
landing
in Afghanistan, the US marines have come under attack by Taliban several
times.
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- It noted apart from more than 2,000 US marines, American
Special Forces are also present in the southern parts of
Afghanistan.
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- The newspaper stated that these attacks could be in
retaliation
to massacre of Taliban fighters by gunmen of anti-Taliban Commander Haji
Gul Agha in the presence of US troops.
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