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Fifteen Taliban Militants Killed In Afghan Army's Airstrikes In Kandahar - Army Spokesman
Umer Jamshaid Published November 27, 2020 | 01:13 PM
Fifteen Taliban militants were killed and 11 others injured in retaliatory airstrikes by the Afghan government's forces in the southern Kandahar province, a spokesman for the Afghan National Army's 205th Atal Corps said on Friday
KABUL (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 27th November, 2020) Fifteen Taliban militants were killed and 11 others injured in retaliatory airstrikes by the Afghan government's forces in the southern Kandahar province, a spokesman for the Afghan National Army's 205th Atal Corps said on Friday.
"The Taliban attacked the government's checkpoints in [Kandahar's] Panjwai Salwat area and Zhari Pashmul area yesterday. In response, air strikes [were launched that] killed 15 Taliban and wounded 11 others," spokesman Khwaja Yahya Alawi said.
The Taliban radical movement has not yet provided any comment.
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