KABUL, June 03, SPA -- Eleven militants were killed in ajoint operation by coalition and Afghan troops while aroadside bomb took the life of a NATO soldier in southernAfghanistan, an official said Wednesday. Coalition and Afghan troops attacked the militants in acompound Tuesday night in southern Zabul province, saidpolice chief Abdul Rahman Sarjang. No coalition or Afghanforces were killed or wounded in the operation, he said. In a separate incident, a roadside bomb killed a soldierin the NATO-led force on Tuesday, the alliance was quoted as saying by Associated Press.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/670861