'Taliban commander' among 16 killed in coalition airstrike

A US-led coalition airstrike in southern Afghanistan today killed a suspected midlevel Taliban commander and up to 15 other suspected militants, Nato said in a statement.

Three 500-pound bombs were dropped on a compound in the Khod Valley of southern Uruzgan province, in support of a Nato-led operation targeting a group of militants who had previously ambushed Nato and Afghan troops, an alliance statement said.