A NATO soldier died today when militants exploded a roadside bomb and then opened fire on a military patrol in southern Afghanistan today.

Afghan forces have killed 19 Taliban rebels as they traded rocket-propelled grenades and small arms fire with insurgents in volatile southern Afghanistan.

Two Canadian soldiers were killed in a suicide bomb attack on a coalition vehicle in Afghanistan.

A massive anti-insurgent operation in southern Afghanistan has “seriously disrupted” the Taliban network operating in the region, the US military said today.

FIGHTING intensified in Afghanistan over the weekend after security forces surrounded Taliban fighters hiding in a village, launching a gun battle that killed at least three militants and a police officer.