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Airstrikes kill 14 militants in Afghanistan’s northern province
MAZAR-E-SHARIF, Afghanistan, Nov. 20, 2018 (BSS/Xinhua) – At least 14
militants have been killed and 20 others injured as government forces
aircrafts pounded Taliban hideouts in Charbolak and Balkh districts of
Afghanistan’s northern Balkh province over the past 24 hours, army spokesman
in the northern region Mohammad Hanif Rezai said Tuesday.
Speaking via telephone from the provincial capital Mazar-e-Sharif, Rezai
said three more militants had been arrested.
The operations, supported by ground troops, would last until the area is
cleansed of the insurgents, he said.
Taliban militants have not commented.
BSS/Xinhua/MSY/1230 hrs