14 Taliban militants slain in Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan, Feb. 22 (UPI) -- NATO coalition and Afghan troops killed at least 14 suspected militants in two attacks in southern Afghanistan, officials said Sunday.

NATO troops raided a suspected militant hide-out in Kandahar province Saturday, with six suspected insurgents dying in the operation, police told CNN.

And in Helmand province, a NATO air strike killed eight suspected militants who were traveling in a car, a the spokesman for the province's governor told the U.S. broadcaster.

A Taliban spokesman denied the car was carrying any of its members, saying the victims were civilians.