LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): At least 31 Taliban, including a shadow district chief, have been killed and 30 others wounded in Afghan and foreign forces airstrikes in the Musa Kala district of southern Helmand province, an official said on Sunday.
Col. Mohammad Rasoul Zazai, a spokesman for the 215th Maiwand Military Corps, said Afghan and foreign forces pounded militants’ hideouts in the district on Saturday night. He said the air assault targeted Taliban and their sanctuaries.
Governor Spokesman Umar Zwak confirmed the airstrikes and said that Taliban had intensified . . .
