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AFGHANISTAN-AIR RAID-KILLING
Afghan air raids kill 24 insurgents in northern Faryab province
MAIMANA, Afghanistan, July 2, 2018 (BSS/Xinhua) – Up to two dozen
militants were killed after government forces’ helicopter gunships targeted a
Taliban gathering in Pashtun Kot district of Afghanistan’s northern Faryab
province on Sunday, an army spokesman in the northern region Mohammad Hanif
Rezai said Monday.
Acting upon intelligence report, the army helicopters pounded Taliban
gathering in Takhta Bazaar area of Pashtun Kot district Sunday afternoon,
killing 24 militants on the spot and injuring 31 others, the official said.
A Taliban senior commander Makhdom Alam is also among the injured
insurgents, Rezai contended.
Taliban militants who are in control of parts of Faryab province and
threatening provincial capital Maimana are yet to make comment on the report.
BSS/XINHUA/FI/ 1535 hrs