Militants attacked a coalition convoy in the provinceÂ’s Baghran Valley on Thursday, killing a coalition soldier and wounding another, said spokesman Sgt Chris Miller. Five militants died when coalition forces returned fire, he said. Miller gave no details about the dead soldierÂ’s identity or nationality, but another foreign military official, speaking on condition of anonymity due to policy, said the fatality was American. Also in Helmand, three suspected Taliban militants died Thursday night and two more were wounded when a bomb they were trying to plant exploded on the side of a main highway in Grishk district, said Helmand police chief Ghulam Nabi Malakhail.
In addition, he said Taliban fighters attacked government offices in Khana Shien district. Police returned fire and the militants retreated after the fighting, leaving bloodstains. It wasnÂ’t clear how many, if any, were killed or wounded.