32 Taliban killed in Afghan clashes

Afghan officials said 32 Taliban fighters were killed in two separate clashes with Afghan and foreign troops in southern Afghanistan. Ghulam Jailani Khan, police chief of Zabul province, said that 22 Taliban were killed in a clash in the province's Naw Bahar district on Tuesday. Seven Arab fighters were among the dead, Khan said. Mohammad Hussein Andiwal, the police chief of Helmand province, said another 10 militants died in clashes with Afghan and foreign troops in Nad Ali district. The clash happened on Tuesday evening.