U.S.-led and Afghan government troops have killed about eight insurgents in the latest clashes in Afghanistan, the U.S. military and Afghan government said, according to Reuters. Two insurgents and an Afghan government soldier were killed early on Saturday in the southeastern province of Paktia, the Defence Ministry said. Two soldiers were wounded in the fighting that began with a guerrilla attack on an army position, the ministry said in a statement. Earlier, the U.S. military said about six insurgents were killed in a battle that erupted when gunmen fired on what it called an offensive patrol in the restive central province of Uruzgan on Friday. "An estimated six enemy fighters were killed; the remainder fled the area," the U.S. military said in a statement.
