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Afghanistan: Airstrikes kill 19 Taliban leaders, including Pakistani affiliates

| @indiablooms | May 21, 2021, at 11:07 pm

Kabul: Afghan military’s 209th Shaheen Corps on Tuesday said during an operation conducted by the Afghan Air Force in  Faryab province  at least 19 Taliban, including four key members of the outfit and three Pakistani nationals, were killed, media reports said.

According to the statement, the Taliban members were killed in an AAF air raid on a key Taliban base in the Khwaja Namusi area of Pashtun Kot district in Faryab province on Monday evening, reports Khaama Press.

The statement added that among the dead were “Zainullah”, known as Khalid Taliban shadow district governor for Almar district, “Noorul-Haq” designated Taliban district governor for Bala-Murghab district, “Mullah Asadullah Turkman”, Taliban’s military commission chief for Andkhoi district, and “Mullah Raihan” a Taliban leader.

According to the bulletin three Pakistani nationals in the ranks of the Taliban were also killed in the airstrike, reports the news agency.

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