7 Taliban killed in Nangarhar airstrike

^{JALALABAD (PAN, including a commander, were killed in an air strike by foreign troops in the eastern province of Nangarhar, officials said on Wednesday.}

^{International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) troops launched the predawn operation at 2:30am and completed it at 4:30am in the Salozai area of Chaparhar town, the district chief, Mualim Mashooq, told Pajhwok Afghan News.}

^{Rebel commander, Mohammad Afzal, was among the seven insurgents killed. An eighth fighter was arrested as a result of the operation, he said. The commander’s body was handed over to residents.}  

^{The governor’s spokesman, Ahmad Zia Abdulzai, confirmed the military action, but gave no more details.}

^{A Taliban spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, said two fighters and six civilians were killed during the clash in Chaparhar. He claimed three US soldiers were killed in the firefight.}

^mrh/myn/mud

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