Taliban key commander among 10 killed in Afghanistan
Friday - August 24, 2018 7:52 pm ,
Category : WORLD
Qalat (Afghanistan) Aug 24 (IANS) Taliban key commander Mullah Hemmatullah was among 10 killed as the Afghan government aircrafts targeted the militant group s hideout in the country s Nawbahar district.
Acting upon an intelligence report the government forces fighting aircrafts hit a meeting of Taliban insurgents in Piruzi village in the morning resulting in the deaths of 10 militants including Hemmatullah a police official was cited as saying by Xinhua news agency.
Hemmatullah according to the official was a notorious commander and his elimination could prove to be a major setback to the Taliban militants in Zabul and the neighbouring Kandahar and Helmand provinces.
--IANS soni/sed
Acting upon an intelligence report the government forces fighting aircrafts hit a meeting of Taliban insurgents in Piruzi village in the morning resulting in the deaths of 10 militants including Hemmatullah a police official was cited as saying by Xinhua news agency.
Hemmatullah according to the official was a notorious commander and his elimination could prove to be a major setback to the Taliban militants in Zabul and the neighbouring Kandahar and Helmand provinces.
--IANS soni/sed
