18 killed in Afghan fighting
2007-11-12 21:55
Kabul - US-led coalition troops battling suspected militants in southern Afghanistan have destroyed a house and killed 15 militants as well as a civilian woman and two children on Monday.
The alliance said in a statement that a roadside bomb in the east killed two Nato troops and wounded a third on Monday, the alliance said in a statement.
The alliance said the US-led troops in southern Afghanistan were raiding compounds suspected of housing bomb makers in the Garmser district of the Helmand province when militants attacked them with heavy fire. Coalition forces responded with small-arms fire, killing several militants.
"During one of the engagements, several militants barricaded themselves in a building and engaged coalition forces with a high volume of gunfire. Coalition forces used a single grenade which killed the attacking militants," the statement said.
- AP