Afghan, coalition troops kill 11 militants
Ap, Kandahar
Afghan troops backed by coalition forces battled Taliban forces across volatile southern Afghanistan, killing 11 insurgents after militants killed three policemen and wounded another in an ambush. Nine Taliban militants were killed during fighting that raged late Friday into Saturday in Panjwayi, a western district in Kandahar province, and 12 insurgents, including commanders, were captured, said Gov. Asadullah Khalid. "Taliban and foreign al-Qaeda fighters are working together against our forces across southern Afghanistan, including in Panjwayi," Khalid told The Associated Press. Khalid said seven Taliban members were wounded and carried away by fleeing militants. Later Saturday, about 50 Afghan soldiers and police attacked a Taliban camp hidden in mountains about 60 miles north of the Helmand capital of Lashkar Gah, local Afghan army commander Gen. Rahmattalluh Roufi said.
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