In Afghanistan, three Afghan soldiers were killed in a roadside bomb explosion in eastern Paktia province while 25 militants were killed in an army operation in southern province of Kandahar. A press release of Defense Ministry said today the soldiers were killed in Gardasiri district when they were on routine patrol to ensure security. <br/><br/>Afghan and NATO forces conducted several operations in southern Afghanistan and twenty five militants were killed in Shurabak district of Kandahar province last night. In Helmand province, a joint security force detained a suspected militant commander and several suspected militants linked to the narcotics industry in Nahri Sarraj district. Haji Khan Mohammed is considered a senior power broker in the district, and it is believed that his drug operations provided financial support to enemy fighters throughout southern Afghanistan.<br/>