U.S. says attacks kill Taliban rebels
American and British warplanes pounded a southern Afghan mountain, killing suspected Taliban rebels, the U.S. military said Wednesday. A provincial governor said at least six rebels were killed and four wounded. Fighting erupted after militants attacked a joint Afghan-U.S. patrol in Uruzgan province’s Dihrawud district late Monday, U.S. military spokesman Lt. Col. Jerry O’Hara said. An Afghan soldier was wounded before the rebels fled, he said. Full Story