Afghan & NATO Troops Kills Dozens of Terrorists

6 taliban killed the other day now more than 50 were killed today plus a commander. Is this the start to the annual spring offensive? Reuters

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan and NATO-led forces killed or wounded scores of Taliban insurgents in a joint air and ground operation in southern Afghanistan, the Afghan Defence Ministry said on Sunday.

The ministry did not give an exact number of militants killed in the latest clash near the town of Deh Rawood in the province of Uruzgan on Saturday, but Afghan security sources said nearly 50 Taliban fighters had died.

"The bodies of the militants are on the grounds and Mullah Hashim, a well-known commander of the group, was among those killed," the Defence Ministry said in a statement.

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NATO forces in Uruzgan are under the command of Dutch troops.

Meanwhile, U.S.-led coalition and Afghan troops killed more than a dozen Taliban insurgents during an air strike in the Deh Rawood district of the same province on Friday, a U.S. military statement said.

The statement did not say how many militants died but an Afghan provincial police chief said 13 were killed.