At Least 15 Militants Killed in Airstrikes
From Times Wire Reports
Fighting raged across southern Afghanistan as the U.S. military pounded suspected Taliban positions with airstrikes that killed at least 15 militants along a mountain footpath.
U.S. aircraft opened fire on a group of suspected Taliban fighters in Helmand province after rebels had pinned down a coalition ground patrol with rocket and small-arms fire.
A Taliban spokesman, meanwhile, claimed his fighters had executed a kidnapped Afghan police chief and five of his men for collaborating with the U.S.-led coalition.
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