At least three Taliban insurgents including a local leader of the group were killed and four others were wounded in separate airstrikes in eastern Afghanistan Nangarhar province.
The provincial police commandment in a statement said the Taliban leader Abdul Rahman was killed in the first airstrike conducted in Bati Kot district and four of his companions were wounded.
The statement added that two more militants were killed in the second airstrike conducted in Achin district.
According to the provincial police commandment, the militants killed or wounded in Achin district are all foreigners. Both the Afghan forces and US forces based in Afghanistan are conducting regular airstrikes against the anti-government armed militant groups.
The US forces stepped up airstrikes by resuming their operations earlier this year after the Obama administration granted them broader role to go after insurgents.
