3 militants killed in Nangarhar airstrike

KABUL’s lawless tribal region of Khyber, officials said on Friday.

The insurgents were killed in a joint Afghan-International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) operation late on Thursday night, a spokesman for the 201st Selab Military Corps told Pajhwok Afghan News.  

Bodies of the fighters had been handed over to the district police headquarters, Col. Nauman Hatif said, adding six Kalashnikovs, one machine gun, a rocket and one pistol were recovered from the scene.

Haji Zalmay, the district chief, confirmed the joint operation in the Char Deh area of the district. “One of those killed hails from central Logar province while the two others are from Nangarhar province.”

Meanwhile, Taliban confirmed the loss of four fighters in a clash with foreign troops. Rebel spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said the guerrillas attacked an ISAF patrol, killing three foreign soldiers and injuring four others. Two tanks were also destroyed, he concluded.

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