Taliban Targeted In Recent Operation; Key Commanders Reported Killed
September 09 2015
A drone attack in eastern Afghanistan has killed a key Taliban commander, say local officials cited by Xinhua, China's state news agency.
Mullah Ashrafullah and his bodyguard were killed Tuesday when a unmanned aircraft targeted a Taliban hideout in the Ghazi Abad district of Kunar province, said a provincial police chief.
Separately on Tuesday, Taliban commander Mawlawi Abdul Qahar was killed in an ambush by security forces in the Bagh-e-Shirkat area of Kunduz province,...
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