Kabul: At least 138 suspected insurgents have been killed in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan, as Afghan troops battled the Taliban with NATO air support, according to official sources. Seven Afghan soldiers also died in the clashes with the militants, media reported Tuesday, citing the official sources.

The victims died in airstrikes by the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)and ground operations by the Afghan security forces carried out Monday in the Dangam district of Kunar province, said army spokesman Haroon Yousofzai, who added that 108 people were also wounded in the fighting.