15 militants, seven security men killed in Afghan clashes

Gun battles and a bomb attack across Afghanistan killed seven Afghan security force members and 15 suspected militants, while police recaptured a district that had been taken over by the Taliban in the volatile south, officials said today.

Afghan forces supported by Nato troops took control of Kandahar province’s Ghorak district from Taliban militants Sunday night after fierce gun battles that left some Taliban casualties, said provincial Gov Asadullah Khalid.