Afghanistan: 21 killed in fighting
A series of battles in volatile southern and eastern Afghanistan killed 14 suspected militants, a US soldier and an Afghan soldier, while suspected Taliban rebels fatally shot six civilians in a strong of assaults, officials said today.
The fighting, which also wounded a US service member and four Afghan troops, was the deadliest in recent weeks and comes a month after landmark legislative elections that many people had hoped would sideline the insurgents.
