4 Taliban Commanders among 35 Killed in Kandahar

Security officials in Kandahar said that 35 Taliban insurgents including four prominent commanders were killed in an airstrike conducted by Afghan security forces in Shah Walikot district.

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نویسنده: popal

18 Sep 2017

4 Taliban Commanders among 35 Killed in Kandahar

Afghan security forces stand guard near the dead bodies of Taliban fighters in Ghazni, Afghanistan, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014. The Taliban struck a government compound in eastern Afghanistan early on Thursday in an attack that included two suicide truck bombings and left at least 12 people dead, including several off duty policemen asleep in their quarters nearby, officials said. (AP Photo/Rahmatullah Nikzad)

Security officials in Kandahar said that 35 Taliban insurgents including four prominent commanders were killed in an airstrike conducted by Afghan security forces in Shah Walikot district. Zia Durrani, spokesman for Kandahar police, said that Afghan security forces targeted a Taliban hideout in Zangala area of the district yesterday. Durrani added that a large cache of arms and ammunition of Taliban was also destroyed. Taliban militants are yet to comment on the strike.

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