dead in AfghanistanKABUL, June 25, SPA -- The U.S.-led coalition inAfghanistan says its warplanes have killed about 22militants in the country's troubled east, reported ap. A coalition statement says Afghan police called for helpwhen gunmen attacked government offices in the Sarobi andGomal districts of Paktika province Tuesday night. It says an estimated 22 militants were «positivelyidentified and killed» after its warplanes arrived. Fighting between Taliban-led militants and security forcesis surging, damping hopes that the six-year,multibillion-dollar effort to stabilize the country willsucceed any time soon. NATO said earlier Wednesday that an explosion killed oneof its soldiers on a patrol in southern Afghanistan.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/568305