A gun battle and airstrikes killed an estimated 24 Taliban fighters in southern Afghanistan, the US-led coalition said today.
Taliban fighters attacked Afghan and coalition troops with rockets and gunfire yesterday in the Shah Wali Kot district of Kandahar province, sparking a four-hour battle.
Fighter aircraft bombed three enemy positions, a coalition statement said.
Elsewhere, roadside bombs killed two Afghan soldiers and wounded five others in southern Afghanistan yesterday. Also yesterday, a roadside bomb injured two soldiers in the eastern province of Khost.
AP
