Afghanistan: 38 Taliban, IS militants killed in airstrikes

Afghanistan: 38 Taliban, IS militants killed in airstrikes

KABUL: In Afghanistan, thirty-eight Taliban and Islamic State militants have been killed in separate airstrikes in Laghman, Nangarhar and Jawzjan provinces.

According to military official, seven Islamic State militants were killed in the airstrike in Dwakholi Nazian area of the Nazyan district of Nangarhar province.

He said in Laghman province, four Taliban were killed in Gulakhle locality of the Alishang district while six Taliban militants had been killed in Badpakh district during airstrikes.

Meanwhile, according to deputy to Jawzjan governor Abdul Rahman Mahmoudi, twenty-one Taliban militants were killed including a Taliban key commander Mullah Haqyar in Qush Tepa district of the province.
 

APP