Security Developments In Afghanistan, Jan 24

An investigation revealed the man was a civilian and had not been burying any explosive device, it said.

U.S.-led coalition forces killed 15 militants, including one woman, during an operation targeting a Taliban commander in the eastern Afghan province of Laghman, around 60 km (40 miles) east of Kabul, overnight, the U.S. military said.

A provincial Afghan official and a village elder told Reuters up to 22 civilians had been killed during the raid, an assertion denied by the U.S. military, which said it had no reports of civilian deaths "at this point".

HELMAND - A soldier from the NATO-led force shot dead a man believed to be burying an explosive device near a military base in Gereshk district, 530 km (330 miles) southwest of Kabul, on Thursday, the alliance said.

An investigation revealed the man was a civilian and had not been burying any explosive device, it said.

KUNAR - One Afghan girl was killed and two more were wounded when rockets, fired by insurgents at a NATO-led base, missed their target and landed on a house in Kunar province, 155 km (95 miles) northeast of Kabul, on Friday, the alliance said.