By DPA
Kabul : US-led coalition troops and the Afghan army killed more than 70 Taliban fighters in the south of Afghanistan in two separate battles, the military reported Thursday.
The coalition said 50 "hostile fighters" in Helmand were killed after a 12-hour clash. The Taliban attacked an Afghan patrol and the coalition military's response included air strikes.
There were no reports of civilian casualties.
In the neighbouring province of Kandahar, more than 20 Taliban militants were killed after the rebels attacked Afghan soldiers for the third time in two days, coalition sources said Thursday. No military troops were killed.
On Wednesday, a soldier with NATO-led ISAF troops died and two others were injured when their convoy hit a roadside bomb. There were no details released on the location of the bomb or the nationality of the soldiers.