FILE PHOTO. Kandahar
Kabul: At least thirteen Taliban militants were killed in the US airstrike in southern Kandahar province of Afghanistan, official said
According to the local security officials, the militants were killed during the airstrike late on Saturday in the vicinity of Khakriz district of the southern province of Kandahar
Provincial Police Chief General Abdul Raziq confirmed the airstrike and said initial intelligence information reveals that two engineers of the group were also among those killed. He said the Taliban insurgents had gathered in a house in Khakriz and were busy manufacturing IEDs when they came under the air raid.
In another incident, at least four Taliban militants were killed during a clash with the Afghan security forces in eastern Nangarhar province while three including one who had disguised himself as a woman were arrested.
The commander of the 4th Brigade of the 201 Silab Corps of the Afghan National Army Gen. Mohammad Nasim Sangin said the militants were killed in Ghani Khel district where at least three others were arrested during the same operation.
The anti-government armed militant groups including Taliban militant group have not commented regarding the report so far.
