The US military confirmed Friday carrying out an airstrike against Talibanmilitants it said were in the process of attacking an Afghan governmentcheckpoint in Zhari district.

The strike took place on Thursday, Col. Sonny Leggett, the spokesman for USforces in Afghanistan, said, maintaining it is in line with an agreementthe US struck with the Taliban to draw down hostilities.

“The Taliban’s claim of civilian casualties are false,” Leggett said onTwitter.

The Afghan Defense Ministry said the US strike resulted in the deaths of 38Taliban fighters, and wounded an addition dozen.

“Additionally, 30 IEDs were discovered and defused by Afghan National Army,205 Atalanta Corps during reciprocal attacks,” the ministry said in astatement posted on its website.

The strike came the same day as the UN General Assembly adopted 130-1 anannual resolution on the situation in Afghanistan.

With the resolution the assembly “pledged its continued support to thecountry’s Government and people as they rebuild a stable, secure andeconomically self‑sufficient State,” according to the UN.