64 Suspected Taliban Militants Killed
Nidhi Sharma - All Headline News Contributor
Kandhar, Afghanistan (AHN) - Afghan security forces clashed with Taliban militants in a firefight in southern Afghanistan, killing 60 insurgents and four Afghan soldiers. The fighting took place in Uruzgan province late on Tuesday; BBC quotes Gen Rahmatullah Raufi as saying. The fighting began in a small village in Tirin Kot district before the militants fled higher into the mountains, Raufi said, adding, It was there that airstrikes bombed Taliban positions. The news comes just days after the U.S. military killed up to 80 Taliban in a bombing raid.
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