| U.S. and Afghan forces killed around 10 suspected Islamic militants and arrested five in a clash in central Afghanistan, the U.S. military said in a statement on Thursday. Five Afghan government soldiers fighting alongside U.S. troops were also wounded in Tuesday's incident in the Deh Rawud district of Uruzgan province, it said. The military said that the U.S.-led troops had come under heavy fire from an estimated 40 enemy fighters. "Approximately 10 enemy forces were killed in action, and five were wounded and captured," the statement said. "Five Afghan National Army soldiers were wounded during the firefight," it added. |