60 Taliban die in Afghan clashes

Afghan and coalition forces said on Saturday they had killed nearly 60 rebels in major clashes with insurgents in southern Afghanistan over the past two days. The government and US-led coalition said meanwhile they were investigating media reports of mounting civilian casualties as Afghan and coalition troops push ahead with a major anti-Taliban operation launched two months ago.
More than 30 "enemy extremists" were killed in an operation in Uruzgan province on Thursday, the US-led coalition said in a statement as the worst violence since the fall of the Taliban continued.
Afghan army and coalition forces attacked around 40 rebels on Thursday and Friday "in an effort to disrupt and deny enemy operations in those areas," the coalition statement said.