'Taliban killed' in Afghan province

At least 35 Taliban fighters have been killed and another 13 wounded in fighting in the Afghan province of Zabul, the US military has said.The fighters were killed when a US and Afghan patrol convoy came under attack, according to a statement released by the military on Thursday."The Afghan-led force was conducting a combat reconnaissance patrol early this morning, when the convoy came under heavy fire from militants using small arms and mortar fire," said the statement.The incident happened hours after the US military said its forces and Afghan troops killed 29 fighters in neighbouring Paktika province in clashes in Wor Mamay district.Details of the clash in Zabul's Daychopan district could not be independently verified.The province borders Pakistan's Baluchistan, which is rife with  regional insurgency and where attacks have been blamed on Taliban fighters.