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Airstrikes kill Taliban militants, destroy weapon cache: MOD
[KhaamaPress] Airstrikes on Taliban...mindless ferocity in a turban... hideouts in Nimroz and Farah provinces of Afghanistan killed 5 Talibs, MOD said in a statement. An  ...KABOOM!... conducted by Afghan airforce on a Taliban hideout in Khasro district of Nimroz province on Wednesday night killed at least 3 Talibs, a MOD statement said. The statement further added that in another separate airstrike conducted in Poshtro district of Farah province, 2 Talibs were killed and a weapon cache has been destroyed. Afghan commandos have also conducted a military operation in Qala-e-Kah district of Farah, as a result of which a Taliban bad boy has been detained, MOD said in a statement. This comes as Mullah Haibatullah Akhund, the Chief of Taliban has recently agreed to a brief ’ceasefire’ to resume peace talks with the US delegation which is expected to reach a deal signing stage soon. Related: Nimroz: 2019-12-26 27 Peace Activists Taken Captive in Farah Nimroz: 2019-11-09 Special Forces kill 11 Taliban militants, destroy caches of weapons in 3 provinces Nimroz: 2019-10-06 Special Forces kill, detain 18 Taliban militants; destroy caches of weapons in 4 provinces Related: Farah: 2020-01-12 IranProtests is still ongoing in Tehran streets, unprecedented for protesters to stay out till 2:30AM; Gov’t threatens; Calls for Khamenei resignation Farah: 2019-12-27 Taliban releases Afghan peace marchers without harm Farah: 2019-12-26 Afghan official says Taliban abducted dozens of peace activists Posted by: trailing wife 2020-01-17 |
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