'Militants' die in Afghan clash
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Nato-led troops in southern Afghanistan say they have killed 10 militants as the alliance claims a big victory.
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Dozens of Taleban fighters die in clashes with Pakistani forces, the military says - but militants dismiss the claim.
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Afghan and US-led forces killed 36 Taliban militants in several hours of fighting in southern Afghanistan Thursday, while an Afghan policeman also died, officials said.
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US-led and Afghan troops battled suspected Taliban insurgents in southern Afghanistan yesterday in ground clashes and air strikes that left more than 100 militants dead, the coalition said.
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More than 100 Afghan insurgents are killed in a major battle in Kandahar province, Nato-led forces say.
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Security forces killed dozens of militants along the Afghan border  on Friday
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WANA -- Pakistani security forces and militants clashed yesterday in fighting that killed at least nine people in the mountains near the Afghan border where Al Qaeda-linked fighters are believed to be hiding, military officials said. Between six and eight militants were killed during the fighting in Kani Guram, a mountainous area about 30 miles northeast of Wana, the main ...
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Two NATO soldiers died battling militants in southern Afghanistan Wednesday, while U.S.-led and Afghan troops backed by airstrikes killed two militants and detained nine others, officials said.
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At least seven Pakistani troops and 23 Islamic militants were killed in a major battle Monday near the Afghan border, days after Islamabad ruled out direct US military intervention.
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Pakistani troops and Islamic militants skirmished overnight in a tribal region near the Afghan border. The clashes came a day after Pakistani forces said they smashed a suspected al-Qaida training camp, killing 50 fighters.
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Fierce fighting across southern Afghanistan killed 29 suspected militants, two British soldiers and two Afghan troops, officials said Tuesday. A suicide car bomber killed two civilians in the north.
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Taliban militants ambushed U.S.-led coalition and Afghan forces escorting supply trucks in southern Afghanistan, sparking a 10-hour battle the coalition said killed an estimated two dozen militants, though villagers said Monday seven civilians also died.
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A two-hour gunbattle left several Taliban and al-Qaida militants dead in southern Afghanistan early Saturday, officials said.
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Two Dutch soldiers were killed in a clash with militants in Afghanistan, the Netherlands' Defense Ministry said on Sunday.
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U.S.-led and Afghan troops battled suspected Taliban insurgents in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday in ground clashes and airstrikes that left over 100 militants dead, the coalition said.
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Two US and one Afghan soldier die in fight with "enemy extremists" in Afghanistan, officials say.
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KABUL : Twenty-two suspected Taliban and Al-Qaeda militants, including three Arabs, were killed in a fierce gun-battle with US-led coalition forces in Afghanistan, the US military said.