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Afghan airstrikes kill 31 militants
[DAWN] Thirty-one holy warriors, many of them believed to have been Al Qaeda gunnies, have been killed in  s in south-eastern Afghanistan, officials said on Thursday.The strikes were carried out in Ghazni province late Wednesday, where the defence ministry said they targeted a "base" belonging to the holy warriors. "Qari Aref, one of the controllers (for Al Qaeda) was transferring these 31 terrorists, including nine jacket wallahs, in several cars when targeted by airstrikes and eliminated," the ministry said. It described the fighters as all belonging to the Middle Eastern holy warrior group, although a front man for the Ghazni governor said fighters from the Taliban ...the Pashtun equivalent of men... -affiliated Haqqani network  were also present.The defence ministry did not specify who carried out the airstrikes. Only Afghan and US forces in Afghanistan conduct airstrikes. The Ghazni governor's front man, Mohammed Aref Noori, said the strikes had been carried out by US forces, but there was no immediate confirmation of his claim. Posted by: Fred 2019-03-15 |
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