SHARANA (Pajhwok): Forty-eight militants have been killed and 45 others wounded during separate airstrikes and clashes with security forces in southeastern Paktika province, an official said on Saturday.
Foreign troops carried out airstrikes thrice in the Khoshamand district yesterday, killing 20 militants and injuring 25 others, Paktika police chief Brig. Gen. Khalilullah Ziaee told Pajhwok Afghan News.
But a resident of the district, Aslam, told Pajhwok Afghan News a civilian house was targeted in the airstrikes, killing a doctor and four children.
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