KABUL (AFP) -- The US military along with Afghan security forces backed by war planes killed nearly two dozen insurgents in a clash in southern Afghanistan at the weekend, the US side said Monday.The troops called in air support after militants attacked their patrol in Uruzgan province on Sunday, US military spokeswoman Captain Elizabeth Mathias told AFP.
"Twenty-three militants were killed," she said, adding that three coalition soldiers were wounded in the gunfight.
"This was not a planned operation -- they were engaged out on a patrol," she added.