KABUL: Afghan and international troops have killed 30 "armed militants" in Afghanistan's volatile southern province of Helmand, the US military said in a statement received Friday.
The heavy clash on Thursday was in the Gereshk district where a prominent anti-Taliban parliamentarian was killed in a bomb planted by the insurgents the same day.
The Afghan army had led a patrol of soldiers into an area where militants were known to operate, the US military said in a statement.
"The patrol was attacked by numerous armed militants with heavy small-arms and rocket-propelled grenade fire," it said.
After ensuring there were no civilians present, "the combined element returned fire with small-arms and close air support, killing 30 militants," it said. There was no way to independently verify the toll.
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