NATO killed dozens of Taliban insurgents in an airstrike in Afghanistan's southeastern province of Khost on Sunday, the provincial governor said. The pre-dawn raid was summoned to fend off an attack by the insurgents in Spera district, Arsala Jamal said.NATO said it had used helicopters in its attack against the almost 100 insurgents. "Initial reports indicate that a small number of Afghan National Police (ANP) officers have been killed and wounded and the number of insurgents killed is in double-digit figures," it said in a statement, AFP reported. "ANP and ISAF continued to engage the insurgents in a firefight from the ground and air until the early morning hours," it said.
"They had killed one policeman in the initial attack and had captured another officer who was later beheaded," Jamal told AFP. "As they retreated, international military air forces came in and bombed them," Jamal said.