GHAZNI CITY (Pajhwok): At least 16 Taliban insurgents have been killed in overnight airstrikes in Giru district of southern Ghazni province, local officials said on Wednesday, a claim the rebels denied.
Ghazni police spokesman Javed Salangi told Pajhwok Afghan News the Tuesday’s blitz killed 14 insurgents, including a commander, in Ziyarat Tapa area of the district. Six motorbikes and three vehicles of the militants were also destroyed, he added.
A resident of Ziyarat Tapa, Mohammadullah, said clashes had been ongoing in the area over the past . . .
