NATO soldiers have killed 38 suspected Taliban militants in Afghanistan.
Heavy bombardment was reported in the Zhari and Panjwayi districts of southern Kandahar province late yesterday.
The area, which is about 35km west of Kandahar city, was the focus of nearly two weeks of intense fighting last month as part of Operation Medusa, ISAF's largest anti-Taliban offensive.
NATO said afterwards that its soldiers and the Afghan troops involved in the operation had handed the Taliban their heaviest defeat since the hardliners were driven from power in late 2001.
The International Security Assistance Force says it is now rebuilding the war damage and setting in place reconstruction projects designed to persuade locals to shun the Taliban.
