By the Combined Joint Task Force - 101 Public Affairs Office
BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan - Afghan national security forces and coalition forces killed militants while on a security patrol in Shah Wali Kot District, Kandahar province, Monday.
ANSF and coalition forces positively identified militants with weapons massing along a ridgeline and moving into fortified fighting positions.
The ANSF and coalition forces engaged them with small-arms fire and called for close air support, killing the militants.
No ANSF, coalition forces or civilians were injured or killed during the engagement.