100 More Taliban Killed

On a day when they release 19 Koreans they've held hostage, they pay: US troops 'kill 100 Taliban fighters'

More than 100 Taliban insurgents and allies have been killed in a major battle with US-led troops in southern Afghanistan, according to the US military.

The fighting erupted after a convoy of Afghan and US coalition forces came under attack in Shah Wali Kot district in Kandahar province and called in air support.

There were no civilian casualties reported but one Afghan security force member was killed and three foreign troops and three Afghan soldiers were wounded.

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Taliban forces ambushed American and Afghan troops in Kandahar province today - and now probably wish they hadn't.

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