*PESHAWAR – Top Taliban Commander Mullah Saifullah has been killed in a USdrone strike in Afghanistan.*
*As per the media report, *A senior Taliban commander was killed in aUnited States drone strike in Afghanistan on Sunday.
Saifullah was killed in a drone strike targeting a hideout in Paktikaprovince’s Barmal district. The commander’s two close associates were alsokilled in the attack.
On Saturday, at least four militants were killed in a drone strike in thewestern Farah province of Afghanistan, *Khaama Press*linkreported.
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A statement by the Afghan Military said a vehicle, a PKM machine gun, asniper rifle, and 3 Ak-47 rifles were destroyed in thedrone strike, carriedout in the vicinity of Bakwa district.
Earlier this month, another senior Taliban commander and two of his deputycommanders were among 27 others killed in a joint operation by Afghan andUS Special Forces at the Sargardan Chowk in Orgon Bazaar of Helmandprovince.
