KANDAHAR, Jan 5: Afghan forces, backed by Nato-led troops, fought Taliban insurgents in southern Afghanistan killing 15, including a regional commander, while three more died planting a bomb, police said on Friday. Fighting erupted in Kajaki district of southern Helmand province late on Thursday when militants armed with machine guns and rockets attacked patrolling troops, said regional police commander Nabi Jan Mullahkhail. “We killed 15 Taliban in the gunfight,” he said, adding that a Taliban commander named Mulla Azizullah was among the dead. Three suspected militants were killed when a mine they were laying on a road exploded in Greshk district, Mullahkhail said.—AFP
