25 suspected Taliban killed in Afghanistan violence

Insurgents ambushed a US-led coalition and Afghan patrol in the volatile south, sparking a battle and airstrikes that killed 25 suspected Taliban.

The coalition said the joint forces were attacked while on a patrol in the Sangin district of Helmand province yesterday. An estimated 50 Taliban reinforcement fighters came by foot and boat along the Helmand river from surrounding areas, the coalition said in a statement.