KABUL, Dec 22 (KUNA) -- A soldier of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and a few militants were killed in separate incidents in southern Afghanistan, the military said on Tuesday.
A statement from NATO headquarters said the British soldier killed in southern Afghanistan. More than 9,000 British soldiers are presently engaged in counter-insurgency operations in Afghanistan. Majority of them are stationed in Helmand province.
Separately, the international troops said they had killed a few militants and detains another in Ghazni province, located around 120 kilometres south of the central capital of Afghanistan.
The military said the operation was conduced by the Afghan and ISAF troops in Andar district. "The security force encountered armed enemy fighters who resisted and were subsequently killed," said the statement.
It added that eight women and 16 children were protected during the operation. (end) gk.bs KUNA 221937 Dec 09NNNN