LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): Twenty-four militants have been killed, including a notorious commander, during joint airstrikes by Afghan and American forces in southern Helmand province, officials said on Tuesday.
Another three Taliban gunmen were wounded in the joint air raids that pounded the rebels in Loymand and Bolan areas near Lashkargah, the provincial capital, and Nad Ali districts on Monday night, said Lt. Col. Mohammad Rasoul Zazai, a spokesman for the Maiwand Military Corps.
He told Pajhwok Afghan News the operations left 24 insurgents dead and three others . . .
