Taliban militants killed

BRITISH and Afghan forces battled Taliban militants yesterday, killing at least 19.

Taliban militants killed

Coalition forces also killed a local Taliban commander and captured two extremists in a separate clash in southern Afghanistan, where thousands of foreign troops are trying to crush a militant campaign.

British spokesman Capt. Drew Gibson said coalition aircraft dropped two 500-pound bombs on two Taliban targets in the Helmand provincial town of Nawzad.

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