TIRINKOT (Pajhwok): Eight Taliban militants were killed in an airstrike in the capital of central Uruzgan province last night, an official said on Friday.
Another three militants were injured in the NATO airstrike that struck a centre of the insurgents in Sabzak area of Tirinkot, the provincial capital, on Thursday night.
First police battalion commander at the provincial police headquarters, Malak Zainullah, told Pajhok Afghan News the dead Taliban included a notorious commander, Mullah Qaseem.
Qaseem was a resident of Balochi area of Tirinkot and he had been spearheading local Taliban in the area.
Pajhwok tried to contact local residents about the airstrike, but a contact could not be established.
The Taliban have so far said nothing in this regard.
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