US-led coalition and Afghan forces clash with Taliban fighters and called in an airstrike in southern Afghanistan, killing 24 suspected militants, while three more die in an ambush in the west. NATO troops, meanwhile, shot at a civilian vehicle in eastern Khost province, killing a 12-year-old girl and wounding another one, age 2, said provincial police chief Muhammad Ayub. The joint coalition and Afghan forces battled Taliban fighters for seven hours after they were ambushed while ...