Russian forces strip-search a Chechen man (file photo) (ITAR-TASS)
July 13, 2006 -- Chechen officials say security forces killed some 13 militants in fighting near the village of Nozhai-Yurt, close to the border with Daghestan.
Chechen and federal Interior Ministry officials said a group of between 20 and 30 rebels were trying to cross the border when they were confronted by Chechen security forces on July 12.
(AP)
The Chechnya Conflict
The Chechnya Conflict
CHRONOLOGY
The fighting in Chechnya has raged, with short breaks, since 1994. It has brought misery, death, and destruction to the North Caucasus republic and to Russia as a whole. View an annotated timeline of the conflict.