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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - U.S.-led coalition and Afghan forces conducted a raid early Sunday on a suspected car bomb cell in eastern Afghanistan, and the ensuing gun battle left four militants and two female civilians dead, the coalition said.
Acting on a tip indicating the cell was planning three suicide car bomb attacks against coalition forces in the coming weeks, the joint forces raided a compound in the Bati Kot area of Nangarhar province, a coalition statement said.
The coalition said that after being fired upon, the coalition forces returned fire, killing four militants, an adult woman and a teenage girl. Another child and teenage girl were wounded during the gunfight and were being treated at a coalition facility.
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