By SPA,
Kabul : Afghan and U.S.-led coalition forces have killed more than 36 insurgents during several days of fighting in the south of the country this week, the U.S.
military said on Saturday.
Violence has risen in Afghanistan this year with about 2,500 people, including 1,000 civilians, killed in fighting between insurgents and foreign and Afghan forces, Reuters quoted aid agencies as saying.
No soldiers from the Afghan and U.S. forces or any civilians had been killed in the fighting, which was continuing on Saturday, a spokesman for the U.S. military said.
The U.S. military gave no more details about the location of the battle.
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