KABUL: Twenty one militants, including a Taliban shadow provincial Governor, were killed in an Afghan Air Force sortie in eastern Laghman province, the country’s Defense Ministry said on Friday.
“A total of 21 Taliban fighters including Zain-Alabidin, the shadow governor of Laghman, were killed in an airstrike conducted by Afghan National Army (ANA) Air Force in Alishing district of Laghman overnight,” Xinhua quoted the ministry’s statement.
In a separate strike, five Taliban militants were wounded in western part of the province with Mehtarlam as its capital, 90 km east of Kabul, the statement noted.
“Zain-Alabadin was a notorious terrorist who was behind terror attacks in Laghman and neighboring Nangarhar province,” the statement added.
The militants group has not made any comment on it.
(AGENCIES)
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