Kabul, November 12, SPA -- U.S.-led coalition troops battling suspected militants in southern Afghanistan lobbed a grenade that destroyed a house and killed 15 militants as well as a woman and two children, the coalition said Monday. Meanwhile, weekend reports of other violence included the deaths of three policemen and a coalition soldier in separate explosions and raids. The U.S.-led troops were raiding compounds suspected of housing bomb makers in the Garmser district of Helmand province on Sunday when militants attacked them with heavy fire, the statement said. Coalition forces responded with small-arms fire, killing several militants, it was quoted as saying by the Associated Press.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/498941