Afghan officials say at least 30 Taliban militants and nine Afghansoldiers have been killed in an ongoing battle in northwesternAfghanistan.
The Defense Ministry says four other Afghansoldiers were missing in fierce fighting that began Friday in the BalaMurghab district of Badghis province. Afghan troops were backed byinternational forces in the battle.
Elsewhere in Afghanistan, officials say two roadside bombings have killed four civilians and wounded a provincial governor.
Police said one blast killed four civilians in southern Kandahar province.
Innorthern Afghanistan Saturday, local officials said another roadsidebomb lightly wounded the governor of Kunduz province, Mohammed Omar.
Officials say the blast hit the governor's vehicle as he traveled between Kunduz and the neighboring province of Takhar.
Inother violence, the Interior Ministry says Afghan and foreign troopskilled five militants in southern Helmand province on Friday.
Inwestern Afghanistan, the ministry says Afghan police killed sixmilitants in Farah province Friday. And police in Herat province shotand killed two would-be suicide bombers before they could detonatetheir explosives.