Publish dateMonday 24 April 2017 - 10:21
Story Code : 141540
80 Daesh Militants Killed In Afghan Airstrikes
In addition to the airstrikes, at least two Taliban commanders along with al-Qaeda fighters were killed in clearance operations.

Afghan Voice Agency(AVA), At least 80 Daesh militants including foreign fighters were killed and six others were wounded in Afghan forces airstrikes in Ghor and Nangarhar provinces in the past 48 hours, the ministry of defense said early Monday.

According to the MoD 10 Daesh militants were targeted in Afghan airstrikes in Ghor province and their hideouts were destroyed.

The ministry said that 70 other Daesh militants were killed in Afghan airstrikes in Achin and Haska Mena districts of Nangarhar province and their six hideouts were destroyed in the airstrike.

Meanwhile in a separate Afghan security forces operation in Chahardara district of Kunduz province, at least 35 insurgents were killed and six others were arrested and their hideouts were destroyed.

The ministry said that three other insurgents including Mullah Burhan, a Taliban commander in Farah province, were killed and five others were arrested.

The Afghan defense ministry said that 23 other insurgents including al-Qaeda fighters and Mullah Noor Agha, a Taliban commander were killed, in Afghan forces’ clearance operations in Zabul and Uruzgan provinces.

No details were provided about military or civilian causalities.

Source : Afghan Voice Agency(AVA)
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