Nearly 80 suspected Taliban militants were killed in coalition airstrikes and clashes with Afghan forces, while four Afghan policemen were killed in a roadside bomb blast in southern region, officials said Wednesday.
More than 40 suspected Taliban militants were killed in Sarobi district of south-eastern province of Paktika on Tuesday afternoon after the militants ambushed a police patrol in the area, Mohammad Akram Khepilwak, provincial governor told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa. He said five policemen were wounded and the ground forces called coalition airstrikes on the Taliban.