Afghan security forces confirmed that supporting airstrikes killed six Taliban insurgents in the Fayzabad district of Jawzjan province on Friday.

Hanif Rezaei, spokesperson for the 209th Shaheen Corps, said that the airstrikes were carried out to support the forces during at attack on a Taliban gathering in the Chaharsai area of the district.
Rezaei said some military equipment and vehicles belonging to the militants were also destroyed in the incident.