NATO-led forces in Afghanistan killed a civilian and six Taliban militants in the country's south-east, officials said Wednesday. NATO special forces were dropped by helicopter to raid a house Tuesday night in Zurmat district of Paktia province, said Rohullah Samoon, the provincial governor's spokesman. "Six Taliban fighters and one civilian were killed and 10 other civilians were wounded," Samoon was quoted as saying by the German Press Agency "DPA". Three men, three women and four children, who were injured in the raid, were taken to hospital by the NATO forces, he said. In a statement, NATO confirmed that "during an operation, insurgents engaged the security forces and the Afghan and coalition forces responded."
