By Xinhua,
Kabul : Several militants were killed Tuesday during a U.S.-led Coalition forces operation to disrupt militant activities in central Afghan province of Wardak, said a Coalition statement released here on Wednesday.
Coalition forces searched several compounds in Sayed Abad district targeting a Taliban commander suspected of conducting attacks on Coalition forces, including the June 26 attack in Wardak resulting in the deaths of three Coalition service members and an Afghan interpreter, the statement said.
Militants engaged with Coalition forces with grenades, machineguns and small-arms fire from a house where they were barricaded, it said.
Coalition forces returned fire and called in air strike, ultimately killing the militants, it added.
Afghanistan has witnessed a surge of violence and riot throughout its territory over the past months while militancy and conflict left more than 2,300 people including over 700 civilians dead so far this year.