'Militants' die in Afghan clash
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Nato-led troops in southern Afghanistan say they have killed up to 10 militants in Helmand province.
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Several Taliban fighters were killed in a  firefight with Afghan security forces in the southeast province  of Khost near the border with Pakistan, the U.S. military said  on Friday.
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At least 40 militants and eight Pakistan soldiers have been killed in 24 hours of intense fighting in a tribal area bordering Afghanistan, the military said Thursday.
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US and Afghan troops killed more than a dozen militants who were attacking from positions in eastern Afghanistan and across the border in Pakistan, the US-led coalition said in a statement Sunday.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghanistan's recent spate of violence claimed the lives of two more NATO soldiers yesterday , while the death toll in June among militants rose to 200.
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An estimated 70 to 80 Taliban militants were killed by NATO soldiers in fighting in southern Afghanistan after police told military authorities where insurgents had gathered, an official said Monday.
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At least 16 Taliban rebels including a suspected would-be suicide bomber were killed in US-led and Afghan operations across insurgency-plagued Afghanistan, officials said Tuesday.
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Fighting between rival factions in western Afghanistan killed three militiamen and injured another seven, officials said Tuesday, despite the presence of government and U.S. troops.
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Up to 30 Islamic militants were killed and nine Pakistani troops wounded after insurgents attacked a checkpost in a troubled tribal region bordering Afghanistan, the army said Thursday.
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Fighting in Afghanistan killed some 75 people as the Muslim holy month of Ramadan began, including 45 suspected Taliban militants who died in airstrikes and Afghan army gunfire, officials said Thursday.
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Around 90 people died in a series of weekend clashes between troops and Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan, including more than 70 rebels killed in a battle in the south and four US soldiers.
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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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At least 10 people are reported dead after Pakistani tribesmen and foreign militants clash near the Afghan border.
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Security forces killed dozens of militants along the Afghan border  on Friday
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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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Four Islamic militants were killed in a clash with Indian troops along the disputed border in Kashmir on the eve of a summit between the two countries' leaders, an army spokesman said.
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KABUL -- US troops and helicopter gunships killed 22 militants, including three Arab fighters in southern Afghanistan, the military said yesterday, in the latest bloodshed ahead of historic Afghan elections.