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and north-western Badghis province killing or wounding at least nine holy warriors.
According to informed military sources, the security forces carried out an airstrike in Nahr-e-Saraj district of Helmand province in the past 24 hours.
The sources further added that the airstrike killed at one Taliban
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fighter.
The security forces also conducted an airstrike in Bala Murghab district of Badghis province killing at least 6 Taliban fighters.
The airstrike also maimed two Taliban fighters and destroyed one vehicle, the sources added.
Both Badghis and Helmand are among the relatively volatile provinces in north-western and southern parts of Afghanistan. Talibs are active in some remote and restive areas of the two provinces.
The anti-government armed elements often attempt to carry out terrorist related activities in the two provinces.
Meanwhile,
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the Afghan forces are busy conducting counter-terrorism operations against both groups in the two provinces.
Similarly, the U.S. forces also conduct regular airstrikes in restive districts of the two provinces to suppress Taliban and other anti-government holy warriors.