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Airstrikes kill 12 Taliban militants in W. Afghanistan
QALA-E-NAW, Afghanistan, June 30, 2018 (BSS/XINHUA) – At least 12 Taliban
militants were killed and 16 others injured during airstrikes conducted by
Afghan air force in the western Badghis province of Afghanistan late Friday,
police said Saturday.
“Army helicopters targeted Taliban’s gathering in Jawand district of
western Badghis province late Friday night, killing at least 12 insurgents
and injuring 16 others,” Naqibullah Amini, spokesperson for Badghis police
told Xinhua.
During the air raids, 15 motorbikes and some amount of weapons and
ammunition of the insurgents were also destroyed, the official said.
Taliban militants have yet to make comments.
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