NATO and Afghan forces kill 65 Taliban - ministry
Afghan and NATO-led forces killed 65 Taliban rebels when they called in air strikes as the insurgents smuggling weapons across the border from Pakistan, the Afghan Interior Ministry said on Sunday.
Afghanistan has seen a steady escalation of violence this year with up to 30 percent more clashes with hard-line Islamist Taliban insurgents fighting to overthrow the pro-Western Afghan government and eject 50,000 foreign troops from the country. (Reuters)
