Afghanistan – Kabul: 11 militants killed in raid. The International NATO and Afghan troops perform a gun battle with Taliban fighters and killed 11 militants and captured another Thursday night during a raid targeting a key Taliban insurgent in a village in southern Helmand province.
US officials said President Barack Obama to promise to send 17,000 additional troops to the country this year but the rising violence in Afghanistan has forced Obama to send 4,000 more trainers to advise the Afghan army as part of a new U.S. strategy for the conflict to be announced Friday.