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Army patrols area of bloody clashes

(5 Aug 2004) 3 August 2004 1. Various of Afghan and US forces patrolling in Khost 4 August 2004 2. Wide of Afghan forces' convoy leaving centre of Khost to go to border area 3. Wide of border mountains (border between Afghanistan and Pakistan) 4. Various of Afghan forces at border area 5. Afghan forces entering forest 6. Various of Afghan forces in forest 7. Tracking shot of Afghan soldiers on patrol 8. Various of Afghan forces patrolling border area 9. Wide of mountains and forests 10. Various of Afghan forces patrolling area 11. Wide of Afghan soldier standing guard 12. Close up of Afghan soldier standing guard 13. Wide of Afghan soldiers' convoy 14. Afghan soldiers driving through river 3 August 2004 14. Various of Afghan and US forces patrolling in Khost STORYLINE: Afghan forces, supported by US troops, have been on patrol in the Afghan border province of Khost, following fierce fighting along the frontier separating Afghanistan from Pakistan earlier in the week. On Tuesday, Afghan troops backed by American warplanes killed as many as 70 militants in a daylong battle near the Pakistani border, one of the bloodiest clashes since the fall of the Taliban, Afghan military officials said. No more than two Afghan soldiers were reported dead in the fighting. An Afghan commander claimed that Arab and Chechen radio messages crackled back and forth during the battle, suggesting al-Qaida fighters were involved. The battle began at about 0200 local time (2130 gmt, Sunday) on Monday, when dozens of militants armed with rockets, mortars and machine-guns assailed a border post in Khost province, a former al-Qaida stronghold about 200 kilometres (120 miles) south of the capital, Kabul. The US military said it sent a B-1 bomber, A-10 ground-attack aircraft and helicopter gunships to their aid and flew in Afghan reinforcements, eventually forcing the assailants to flee "in panic." American forces said pilots flying over the area after dawn reported seeing 40-50 bodies on the battlefield near the mountainous Pakistani border. Several wrecked vehicles were also spotted. An Afghan commander put the rebel toll at 60-70, saying the militants had dragged away many dead and injured as they retreated into Pakistan. The bodies of only ten dead militants were recovered from the scene, he said. The death toll appeared among the heaviest since the aerial poundings of Taliban troops by US planes before the hardline regime folded in late 2001, and seemed to confirm a surge in violence in the run-up to October presidential elections. Khost borders Pakistan's Waziristan tribal area, where officials in Islamabad say hundreds of foreign fighters have found refuge among sympathetic Pashtun tribesmen, the same ethnic group from which the Taliban draws its main strength. Pakistani troops have mounted a string of operations in an attempt to crush the militants, sparking battles that have left scores dead this year. American officials said recently they had no firm information on the whereabouts of al-Qaida leaders Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahri, who could also have found refuge in the area. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...