text: Other News 16 November 2008 11:33 (UTC+04:00)
  A raid by U.S. coalition troops in eastern Afghanistan killed five al-Qaida associated fighters and detained eight others, including a militant leader, the U.S. military said in a statement Sunday. Two U.S. troops were wounded in a suicide attack in the west, The Associated Press reported.
  Attacks are up 30 percent from 2007, military officials say. More than 5,400 people - mostly militants - have died in insurgency-related violence this year in Afghanistan, according to a tally by The Associated Press of figures provided by Afghan and international officials.