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Nato soldier, 20 militants killed in Afghanistan
In the latest violence in Afghanistan, a roadside bomb in the south has killed a service member from the Nato-led force. No other details, including the service member's nationality, have been released.
- AP
- Published: 14:58 April 4, 2009
Kabul: In the latest violence in Afghanistan, a roadside bomb in the south has killed a service member from the Nato-led force. No other details, including the service member's nationality, have been released.
The US military, meanwhile, says coalition and Afghan forces killed 20 militants during a series of operations in the Kajaki region of Helmand province on Friday.
The US statement said the forces were patrolling through a "known Taliban stronghold" when they were ambushed with gunfire and mortars. The combined forces responded with gunfire and airstrikes, killing 20 insurgents.
Friday's fighting is the latest in a string of battles in Kajaki, a region controlled by militants that produces much of Afghanistan's illegal opium poppies, the main ingredient in heroin.
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