U.S. Soldier Killed In Southern Afghanistan
March 25, 2006
Helmand Province is a stronghold of both Taliban elements and the booming drug trade (epa)
The U.S. military said coalition forces and Afghan troops backed by U.S. aircraft early today engaged in fighting with some 20 suspected Taliban insurgents in the province's Sangin district.
Another U.S. soldier and one Afghan soldier were injured. An Afghan military commander said at least six Taliban insurgents were killed.
Helmand Province has been a bastion of Taliban insurgency. It is also Afghanistan's main opium-growing region with a booming drugs trade.
(compiled from agency reports)