KABUL - US warplanes killed a senior Taleban commander in an air strike in the violence-racked southern Afghan province of Uruzgan on Tuesday, NATO said.The alliance said in a statement up to 16 Taleban, including the commander, were killed in the overnight attack in Uruzgan. “The aircraft engaged a known mid-level Taleban commander in the vicinity of Bagh-Khosak in the Khod Valley with three 500 pound bombs, killing him and 10 to 15 additional Taleban militants,” the alliance said in a statement.