 (AKI) - Forty-three Taliban militants have been killed in clashes with US and Afghan troops in southern Afghanistan.
| I saw another report that put it at 60 deaders... |
The US military said on Tuesday that the militants attacked the allied troops with sniper fire and rocket-propelled grenades in the Qalat district of Zabul province. The joint force said its troops retaliated and also called in air strikes that killed the militants. A civilian, working as a contractor for the US military, was wounded in the operation but there were no other casualties among the Afghan and US troops. |