ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algerian troops killed six Islamist fighters during a large-scale military operation in a forested area east of the capital, the ministry of defence said on Saturday.
Attacks and bombings are rare now since Algeria emerged from its 1990s war with armed Islamists, but small groups of fighters allied to al Qaeda's North Africa branch are active in remote areas to the east and the south.
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