BBC NEWS | South Asia | 'Taleban killed' in Afghan clash

BBC NEWS | South Asia | 'Taleban killed' in Afghan clash: "US-led forces and Afghan troops have killed an estimated two dozen Taleban militants near the southern city of Kandahar, a coalition statement says.

Troops came under attack in Shah Wali Kot district, it said. The Taleban said none of their fighters were killed but that 27 US and Afghan troops died.

Neither side's claims could be independently verified.

Violence in Afghanistan has returned to levels not seen since the fall of the Taleban regime in 2001.

Some 4,000 people are believed to have died last year in the insurgency - about a quarter of them civilians." Read complete post here.