Reuters:
At least 15 insurgents were killed in a NATO raid and air strike targeting a Taliban commander overnight in southern Afghanistan, the NATO-led International Security and Assistance Force (ISAF) said on Monday.
Afghan and ISAF forces killed four insurgents in clashes during an initial raid in southern Helmand province and later called in air strikes, killing 11 more insurgents as they approached in vehicles, ISAF said.
"A group of heavily armed insurgents in three vehicles and six motorcycles approached the joint security force at high speed in an apparent attempt to engage the force," the statement said.
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Six insurgents were also detained, ISAF said. It was not clear if the commander who was the target of the raid was among the dead or prisoners.
A spokesman for the provincial governor said initial reports showed up to 25 militants may have died, including two Taliban commanders.
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Tactics that work against unarmed or lightly armed civilians are a real mistake when used gets heavily armed US troops with air support. Sometimes it takes the Taliban a year or two to learn things like this. There is liable to be a lot of dead Taliban if it takes that long.
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