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Summary Afghan forces with air support from NATO combed through mountainous northeast.
The operation continued in their third day Saturday of a major offensive against militants in a province that serves as supply route.Mohammad Zareen, a spokesman for Nuristan province, said nearly 30 insurgents have been killed and at least 30 have been wounded in the operation that began Thursday night in Kamdesh district, a hotbed of the insurgency.The offensive comes at the beginning of Afghanistans spring fighting season. The government and the U.S.-led coalition are expected to step up their operations as temperatures warm across the nation.Kamdesh is an important and strategic place for insurgents in eastern Afghanistan, Zareen said. Its the main way for insurgents to supply insurgents across eastern Afghanistan.Unfortunately, we have control of some parts of Kamdesh, but not all.Afghan officials say that one policeman and a woman have been killed in the fighting, with another four Afghan soldiers and another woman wounded.A unit of an unknown number of Afghan commandos and about 400 Afghan policemen are conducting the operation, and another 200 police are soon to join them.--AP
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