JALALABAD (Pajhwok): At least 16 Taliban militants including the group’s shadow district chief have been killed during airstrikes in eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Wednesday.
Hazrat Hussain Mashraqiwal, the provincial police spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan air forces targeted Taliban hideouts in Chahar Dehi area of Bati Kot district around 4:30am this morning.
He said eight insurgents including Halim known as Qahraman, a Taliban shadow district chief for Bati Kot district and a Taliban judge, Mulave Abas were . . .
