KABUL, Aug 24, SPA -- U.S. and Afghan forces killedseven suspected operatives in a pre-dawn raidThursday in eastern Afghanistan, the U.S. military said. But police said local families meeting to resolve a disputewere targeted. Clashes and NATO air strikes also killed at least 36Taliban fighters in Afghanistan's violence-wracked south as militant attacks left a NATO soldier dead and five otherswounded, officials said Wednesday. More than 1,000 people, mostly militants, have died in the last three months, in the country's worst spate of violence since late 2001 when American-led forces toppled the Taliban regime, the Associated Press reported.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/384687