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 KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - U.S.-led coalition and Afghan forces clashed with Taliban fighters in southern Afghanistan, killing 24 suspected militants, while three more died in an ambush in the west, the coalition said Thursday.
Pakistani troops, meanwhile, fired at Afghan soldiers as the Afghans pulled up a disputed fence supposed to prevent Taliban militants from crossing their common border, the Afghan Defense Ministry said.
While there were no reports of casualties, the incident marks an escalation in the battle between Kabul and Islamabad over Pakistan's plan to fence and mine sections of the long, mountainous frontier.
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