October 22, 2026 04:43 pm (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
Tiger Shroff, not Salman Khan, was the main target, probe reveals shocking details | Dammam airport attack: Indian killed, two compatriots injured as Saudi Arabia faces fresh strikes | ‘Among others’: Macron takes swipe at Trump over France unrest, calls foreign leaders’ remarks ‘stupid’ | ‘Specific threat-related inputs’: Delhi Police blocks Diljit Dosanjh’s Delhi concert | ‘Barbaad kare alfaz mere’: Ranbir Kapoor apologises for Dussehra gaffe in Kolkata | Delhi court releases CJP's Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka after 7 days in custody | ‘We are seeing what is happening outside our country’: Delhi HC judge’s remark as CJP leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka withdraw custody plea | Salman Khan was the original target? Tiger Shroff firing probe reveals shocking twist | ‘UN experts are an oxymoron’: Marco Rubio takes swipe at UN, refuses to comment on India's protests | ‘US ties with no country come at India's expense’: Marco Rubio addresses concerns over Pakistan, China
Takistan Taliban
Image: Afghanistan Ministry of Defence Twitter page

Afghanistan: 112 Talibans, including 30 Pakistanis terrorists, killed during airstrikes in Helmand

| @indiablooms | Aug 08, 2021, at 12:16 am

Kabul: The Afghanistan Defence Ministry on Saturday said 112 Taliban terrorists, including 30 Pakistani affiliated to Al-Qaeda terrorist network, were killed during airstrikes conducted by the country's air force in Helmand provincial center on Friday.

The Ministry of Defence tweeted: "112 #Taliban terrorists including 30 #Pakistani affiliated to Al-Qaeda terrorist network for indian subcontinent, were killed and 31 others wounded in #airstrikes conducted by #AAF at the outskirts of #Lashkargah city, #Helmand provincial center, yesterday."

Afghanistan has been witnessing a spike in violence in recent times ever since the foreign forces started leaving the country.

The Taliban insurgents have captured several regions in Afghanistan.

The security forces and Taliban insurgents have been engaged in clashes in different corners of the country for several weeks now.

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.