JALALABAD, Feb 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Nineteen Taliban militants were killed and seven others wounded, in airstrikes in two eastern Afghan provinces, local sources said yesterday.
In the airstrikes, which occurred at mid-day yesterday, 11 militants were killed and three others wounded, after Afghan Air Force pounded the militants’ hideouts in the Hisarak and Sherzad districts, in the Nangarhar province, local government said, in a statement.
In Logar province, an airstrike killed eight Taliban militants and wounded four others, who were planting landmines and roadside bombs, along a provincial highway on Saturday night, Afghan army’s 203rd Tandar corps said, in a statement.
The Afghan security forces recently beefed up operations against the Taliban militants, who have been attempting to take territory and consolidate their positions in the countryside, during the winter.
Taliban militants have not commented on the reports so far.– NNN-AGENCIES
