Coalition troops kill 30 militants in Afghan fight

U.S.-led coalition and Afghan troops killed 30 Taliban militants, including a commander, in a battle in western Afghanistan early Friday, according to a coalition spokesman.
Meanwhile, in eastern Afghanistan, a soldier in the U.S.-led coalition was killed in a roadside bombing, the U.S. military said in a statement that offered no further details.
The battle in western Afghanistan began when the troops, on their way to detain a Taliban commander, were ambushed by insurgents along a road in the Shindad district of Herat province, the military spokesman said.
In addition to the 30 militants killed, five were taken prisoner, the spokesman said.
A cache of weapons and roadside bomb-making materials were seized, he said.