NATO airstrike kills 2 militants in S. Afghanistan

A NATO airstrike killed two suspected Taliban IED (Improvised Explosive Device) planters in Taliban birthplace Kandahar province on Monday, said a statement released by local administration on Tuesday. “An airstrike conducted by NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) killed two insurgents who were busy in planting IED along a road in Sozanian village of Shah Wali Kot district on Monday,” said the statement. The bodies of the two militants were recovered by police and no civilian casualties or property damages were reported after the operation, it said. It added that police found and defused two more explosive devices near the gate of municipality office building in first precinct of Kandahar city, the capital of Kandahar province Monday.