LASHKARGAH -- Twenty militants and three Afghan soldiers were killed in fighting in Helmand and Kandahar provinces, media reported.
The Taliban attacked an outpost in Khakrez District, Kandahar Province, Monday (March 27), killing three soldiers, said provincial governor's spokesman Samim Khpalwak Tuesday (March 28), according to TOLO News.
The Taliban suffered casualties of their own, he said.
Afghan warplanes Monday pounded a Taliban hideout in Nad-e-Ali District, Helmand Province, killing 16 militants, according to Pajhwok Afghan News.
The militants were gathering to plot attacks when the warplanes struck, said Afghan National Army spokesman Lieut. Col. Mohammad Rasoul Zazai.
Four other Taliban were killed in internecine fighting in Sangin District, Helmand Province, he said.
