3 'terrorists' die in Afghan raid

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(CNN) -- Afghan and coalition forces have killed "three armed terrorists" and detained another in a raid near an eastern Afghan town, the Combined Forces Command said.

The incident took place on Wednesday near the town of Taranli in Khowst province.

"Credible intelligence led the combined force to the compound, which was a refuge for terrorist network facilitators. Upon arrival, the combined force requested a peaceful surrender of the people within the compound.

"As the combined force was securing the compound, they were attacked by terrorists. As a result, three terrorists were killed during the operation," the command said.

A suicide car bomb also targeted an International Security Assistance Force convoy on Wednesday in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar, wounding three NATO soldiers, according to the International Security Assistance Force, which is the NATO deployment in Afghanistan.

The violence came as Stephen Hadley, the national security adviser to President Bush, traveled to Afghanistan from Iraq on Wednesday, according to White House spokeswoman Dana Perino.

He was to meet Afghan President Hamid Karzai and others in Kabul.

Meanwhile, NATO's top military commander in Afghanistan told the Financial Times in an interview that victory against resurgent Taliban militants would take time.

Gen. David Richards said the force lacked enough troops to have an early victory. However, he said that improvements made by NATO forces could convince Afghans "that we are making real progress."

"If you said to me, if your aim is to win, I'd say no. I haven't got enough (to) win this, say, in the next six months, but I can continue to make sufficient improvements to keep the people here confident in us and in their government," Richards is quoted as saying.

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