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Afghan footage released

By Alex Thomson

Updated on 23 November 2008

Footage is released of a two-day battle in Afghanistan in which the first Gurkha soldier was killed in the conflict.

Rifleman Yubraj Rai died this month when his patrol was attacked in Helmand province.

The images show his unit in battle south of the town of Musa Qala, which was once under Taliban control.

The US military said today that 17 Taliban militants had been killed in an air strike, but there has been no independent verification

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