Taliban killed in southern Afghanistan battle

US-led coalition troops kiled seven suspected Taliban militants in southern Afghanistan as Australia announced today that six of its special forces soldiers were wounded in the same area earlier this month.

US-led coalition troops killed seven suspected Taliban militants in southern Afghanistan as Australia announced today that six of its special forces soldiers were wounded in the same area earlier this month.

Authorities in northern Afghanistan today questioned four Afghans in connection with the killing of a Canadian reconstruction worker, whose bullet-ridden body was found earlier this week.