US air raids kill 20 Taleban

At least 20 suspected Taleban were killed in US air strikes in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday, Afghan officials said.
The US military in Kabul could not confirm the attacks.
Khan Mohammad, a corps commander in the southern city of Kandahar, said Afghan forces had been engaged in fierce clashes with suspected Taleban near the town of Spin Boldak, which lies on the Pakistani border.
"There has been fighting going on between Afghan forces and the Taleban," he told Reuters. "They called in US (air) support."
He said 20 Taleban had been killed and that fighting continued. A second Kandahar official, who asked not to be named, said at least 28 Taleban had been killed.