From Philadelphia Inquirer:
U.S. forces targeted an al-Qaeda leader. Afghan police said no civilians died in the attacks.
KABUL, Afghanistan - A series of operations by U.S. forces in eastern Afghanistan targeted an al-Qaeda leader and a bomb-making cell, killing 19 militants, the coalition said yesterday.
Afghan police said they had investigated unconfirmed reports that civilians may have been killed and found that only militants died.
The operations took place Friday in Nangarhar and Khost provinces, volatile regions along the Pakistan border.
In the deadliest operation, the coalition said it killed 10 militants during a strike against a bomb-making cell under the command of Jalaluddin Haqqani, a militant leader believed to operate out of Pakistan.
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