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Afghanistan
Taliban commander Mullah Basir and his 20 fighters killed in Balkh airstrike
2019-01-11
[KhaamaPress] A commander of the Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
group Mullah Abdul Basir and his twenty fighters have been killed in an Arclight airstrike in northern Balkh province of Afghanistan.

The 209th Shaheen Corps of the Afghan Military in the North in a statement said the airstrike was carried out by coalition forces late on afternoon evening.

The statement further added that the gathering was targeted in Nawshar Baloch area of Chemtal district, leaving Mawlavi Abdul Basir alias Badar dead with his two fighters.

According to 209th Shaheen Corps, an armored vehicle of the murderous Moslems was also destroyed along with several cycle of violences in the airstrike.

Another murderous Moslem was killed during a clash with the security forces in Darwaza Khwaja area of the province, the 209th Shaheen Corps added in its statement.

The anti-government armed murderous Moslem groups including Taliban have not commented regarding the killing of the group’s fighters so far.
The Tolo News version:
At least 25 Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
fighters, including a senior commander of the group, Mawlawi Badr, were killed in festivities with security forces in Chahar Bolak district in Balkh province, provincial police said on Thursday.

The festivities are ongoing for the past few days in Chahar Bolak in which Taliban has suffered heavy casualties, a police official, Gen. Abdul Razaq Qaderi said, adding that "festivities still ongoing in the district.

"Four security force members were also killed and four others were maimed," he said.

Before this, Taliban claimed that the security forces have suffered heavy casualties in their attack in the district and said that "three Humvees belonged to security forces were destroyed".
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