KABUL – Nine key Taliban Commanders killed in Afghan Military airstrikes.

At least nine key commanders of the Taliban were killed in Afghan forcesairstrikes in the central province of Logar on Thursday night, a spokesmanfor Ministry of Defense (MoD), Rohullah Ahmadzai, said on Friday.

Among those killed are Haji Lala, Taliban’s designated governor for Logarand his two deputies, Taliban’s designated head of intelligence for Ghazni,Logar, Khost, Paktia and Kabul provinces, Mawlawi Shams-ur-Rahman, he said.

Four other Taliban commanders, including foreign citizens, were also killedin the airstrikes, Ahmadzai said.