(KUNA) -- At least 10 Taliban fighters were killed and 10 more arrested in a clash and a raid, while three NATO soldiers suffered injuries in a landmine explosion in southern and eastern parts of Afghanistan.A statement released by the coalition forces on Monday said they had killed four Taliban fighters and seized a weapons cache in the southern province of Kandahar. The raid was conducted late Sunday night during which four "insurgents" were killed and a weapons cache was unearthed in the Sperwan area of Kandahar. The troops, operating alongside the Afghan army, called in air support. The weapons caches seized during the operation were containing mines and explosives.
In the same province, three NATO soldiers were wounded in a landmine explosion while on routine patrol in Zherai district. NATO spokesman in Kandahar Captain Andre E. Salloum told Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) the condition of the soldiers injured in the landmine explosion was satisfactory.
In a separate operation conducted in Afghanistan's mountainous Kunar province, US forces said they had arrested 10 people on suspicion of links with terrorists. The raid was conducted early Monday in the Qazian village of the province, said a statement issued by the coalition troops in Kabul. "The operation resulted in the capture of a known transporter of weapons and explosives, who is linked to foreign fighter movements in the region," it said. Name and nationality of the "wanted" man was not released. The statement said the raid was conducted on the basis of "credible information" and the women and children present at the compound remained unhurt.
In yet another incident, the Afghan police said they had killed four Taliban in a clash near the border with Pakistan. Chief of the special police unit in Afghanistan's Khost province General Sherzai told KUNA the Taliban attacked a police post in the border area last night. They had come from the Pakistani side and numbered some 200. Sherzai said the special police unit countered the attack, killing six Taliban and arresting four. But Taliban spokesman Dr. Hanif rejected claims of killing his men. He said only one fighter was killed while the Taliban shot dead five policemen and destroyed their post.