KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AFP) — A toddler died when she was struck by a gunshot from a NATO soldier while troops killed four dozen Taliban in two days of battles in Afghanistan’s top opium-growing area, officials said Saturday.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is scheduled to leave Tehran on Monday to pay a two-day visit to Armenia at the head of a high-ranking delegation.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Sunday assigned Deputy Foreign Minister for European and American Affairs Saeed Jalili as Secretary of the country’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC).