The U.S. military says its troops killed 17 insurgents during a raid in southern Afghanistan. A U.S. statement on Sunday says helicopters carried the troops into the Shah Wali Kot district of Kandahar province, where they clashed with the militants. It says the clash Saturday killed 17 insurgents, while no U.S. or Afghan troops died. More than 5,200 people _ mostly militants _ have died in insurgency-related violence this year, according to an AP count.
