Taliban attacked after US deaths
An Afghan official said a battle in western Afghanistan has killed dozens of Taliban militants after three US troops were killed in a complex ambush.
Afghan army spokesman Major Abdul Basir Ghori said that coalition forces launched airstrikes in the western province of Farah.
Mr Ghori said the strike on Saturday was in response to an attack on a convoy that killed three Americans and seven Afghan soldiers. US military spokeswoman Captain Elizabeth Mathias confirmed fighting continued after the ambush.
Mr Ghori said about 50 insurgents were killed. No other officials could immediately confirm that toll.
Afghan police spokesman Raouf Ahmadi said a coalition airstrike went astray and hit a home killing a woman and a teenage girl.