US-led forces have killed 23 militants during weapons searches in southern Afghanistan while two coalition soldiers and their interpreter died in a bomb blast, the foreign forces said on Saturday. Coalition forces searched compounds in the Garmser district of Helmand province looking for weapons. Another 11 suspects were detained, it said.
Afghan troops killed more than 10 Taliban fighters in the Zherai district of the southern province of Kandahar on Saturday, the provincial police chief said.