JALALABAD (Pajhwok): At least five people have been killed and five others arrested during an overnight operation by Afghan Special Forces in eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Monday.
Local authorities said Taliban militants were the target of the raid in Ghanikhel district, but area people claimed all the dead were ordinary poultry farm workers.
Attaullah Khogyani, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the 02 Airfield Afghan Special Forces conducted the midnight operation in Siah Chob area.
The Special Forces exchanged gunfire . . .
