Air superiority is great! Very hard on fluffy (Tali) bunniesKABUL, Afghanistan - Afghan and coalition forces clashed with Taliban militants Saturday in separate incidents in the east and south, killing 21 insurgents, officials said.
The police and Taliban engaged in a one-hour gun battle in the Alishar district of Khost province, said Wazir Padshah, a spokesman for the provincial police. He said NATO assisted with an airstrike, killing 11 militants. Three police were wounded in the violence.
In Helmand, Afghan and coalition forces killed 10 suspected Taliban Saturday in a clash and airstrike, the coalition said in a statement.
Coalition forces engaged in a ground battle after their convoy was ambushed by the Taliban near Gereshk district. A subsequent airstrike destroyed two buildings from which the militants were firing, the statement said. There were no coalition casualties.