Afghan children killed in attack

(CNN) -- An Afghan woman and two children died when coalition soldiers used a grenade against militants barricaded in a building in the Garmser district, Helmand province Sunday, according to coalition forces.

At least 15 militants were killed by coalition troops who came under heavy small-arms fire while searching a compound for bombers with links to the Taliban, the military said.

"During one of the engagements, several militants barricaded themselves in a building on the compound and engaged coalition forces with a high volume of gunfire," the military said.

"Coalition forces used a single grenade which killed the attacking militants; however, the building the militants were fighting from collapsed."

The bodies of a woman and two children were found in the collapsed building after the battle was over, the military said. Several militants and their weapons were also found, the statement added.

Coalition forces also found and detained two suspected militants, the military said. E-mail to a friend

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