KABUL, Aug 26, SPA -- Coalition forces in a gunbattlekilled a local Taliban commander and 15 other rebels ina fighting in southern Afghanistan, the U.S. military saidSaturday. The fighting took place Friday in the central Khod Valley of the Uruzgan Province, and the slain commander was a «known Taliban commander,» a U.S. military statement said. It didn't reveal the local commander's name, however, and only said those killed by them in the fighting were«involved in conducting attacks against the Afghan people and against Afghan, ISAF and Coalition forces,» according to a report of the Associated Press.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/385112