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Local Taliban leader among 6 killed in US airstrike in Uruzgan
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] A local leader of the Taliban...Arabic for students... group was killed in an  conducted by the US forces in southen Uruzgan province of Afghanistan.According to the local security officials, the airstrike was carried out late on Wednesday in the outskirts of Tarinkot city, the quiet provincial capital of Uruzgan. A local police official confirmed that six Taliban Lions of Islam including one of their local leaders Mullah Ghazi were killed and four others were maimed. The source further added that a hideout of the Taliban group was eliminated in the airstrike in Garam Aab area. Several weapons, ammunition, and explosives belonging to the Taliban group were destroyed in the airstrike, the police official added. Posted by: Fred 2018-02-17 |
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