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'6 Taliban Commanders' Killed In Herat Airstrike: Officials
[ToloNews] At least six Taliban
...Arabic for students...
 local commanders were killed on Wednesday in an Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
 in Herat
...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns...
 province, local officials said.

Jelani Farhad, the governor's front man, said that the strike was conducted in "Zeyart Kham" area of Guzara district of Herat province and several other commanders were maimed.

Based on preliminary information, those reported killed: "Abdullah Akbari, Mawolavi Haidar, Mullah Rahmatullah, Zabiullah Akbari, Mullah Mohammad--known as Idres--and Mullah Abdulhaq--known us Osama," were the Taliban local commanders for Guzara, Adraksan, Pashton Zarghon districts of Herat province.

According to Farhad, the commanders were gathered and making plans to attack government installations and to conduct attacks in Herat city, when they were targeted in the airstrike.

Several other Taliban were also maimed in the strike and also their weapon caches were destroyed, Farhad said.

Meanwhile,
...back at the the conspirators' cleverly concealed hideout the long-awaited message arrived. They quickly got to work with their decoder rings...
 the residents claim that at least eight non-combatants were killed and nearly 20 others were maimed in the airstrike attack, which they say targeted a wedding party.
Where is it written that a jihadi attack cannot be planned at a Taliban-adjacent wedding?
A number of witnesses and maimed in the incident say that aircraft also targeted those who were fleeing the area after bombing the wedding ceremony.

Women and children are also among dead and maimed, residents said.

Officials at the Herat District Hospital say that five people injured in the airstrike have been transferred to the hospital, and that so far a woman is reported to be at death's door.

The Taliban said in a statement that civilians have been killed in the attack.

At the same time, a car carrying civilians was reportedly hit by a Taliban mine planted in the Osto village, on the border between Guzara and Adraskan districts, killing or injuring a number of civilians.

Several maimed were transferred to health centers, Farhad said.
The Jerusalem Post reports 45 dead from two airstrikes, at least eight of whom were civilians, with more wounded, adding:
A front man for U.S. forces in Afghanistan said they had not taken part in Wednesday's Arclight airstrike
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s.

Qari Muhammad Yousuf Ahmadi, a Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
 front man, said in a statement that two airstrikes in Heart had killed eight civilians and maimed 12.

Two local officials confirmed there had been two rounds of airstrikes.
Posted by: trailing wife 2020-07-23
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