Afghan forces attack north-east militants

Afghan forces with air support from Nato combed through the country's mountainous north-east today on the third day of a major offensive against militants in a province that serves as an insurgent supply route from Pakistan.

Mohammad Zareen, a spokesman for Nuristan province, said nearly 30 insurgents have been killed and at least 30 others injured in the operation which began on Thursday night in Kamdesh district, a hotbed of the insurgency.