US-led coalition airstrikes killed more than 45 Taliban fighters in southern Afghanistan yesterday, the US military said.
Afghan and US-led coalition troops called in air support after their patrol was attacked by Taliban fighters in a village in the Deh Rawood district of Uruzgan province, the US military said.
A similar clash on Tuesday in the southern province of Zabul killed a dozen Taliban, the military added.
More than 7,000 people have been killed during the past 19 months in Afghanistan.
