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Taliban militants suffer casualties in Helmand and Kandahar airstrikes
 s in Helmand...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan... and Kandahar provinces killing at least 7 Talibs. "An airstrike in Kajaki district of Helmand province killed 2 Taliban ...the Pashtun equivalent of men... fighters and destroyed 1 vehicle," the informed military sources said Thursday. The sources further added that the security forces carried out a similar airstrike in Now Zad district of Helmand killing 2 Taliban fighters. "In Now Zad district, a strike killed 2 Taliban fighters," the sources said. The security forces carried out similar airstrikes in southern Kandahar province. "Airstrikes in Ma’ruf district of Kandahar province killed 3 Taliban fighters and maimed 1," the military sources added. The anti-government armed The security situation in some districts of Both Helmand and Kandahar provinces remain tense. Talibs are active in several restive districts of the two provinces and often attempt to carry out terrorist related activities against the government. The Afghan forces are busy conducting counter-terrorism operations against Taliban and other armed Lions of Islam in Helmand and Kandahar. The U.S. forces based in Afghanistan also provide air support to Afghan forces during the operations to suppress the anti-government armed elements. Posted by: trailing wife 2019-06-01 |
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