About 50 suspected Taliban militants were killed in fighting with U.S. and Afghan forces in southern Afghanistan, a provincial governor said Tuesday. The fighting late Monday in Uruzgan province's Dihrawud district came during an offensive against a rebel camp, which had been used as a base for attacks in neighboring areas, Gov. Jan Mohammed Khan said. About 25 suspected Taliban insurgents were captured during the clash, and Afghan forces were still finding the bodies of rebels at the scene of the fighting on Tuesday, he was quoted as saying by The Associated Press.
