MAIMANA (Pajhwok): A Taliban deputy district chief has been killed during an airstrike in northwestern Faryab province, the military said on Sunday.
In a statement, the 209th Shaheen Military Corps said Mullah Hayatullah, Taliban’s deputy chief for Pashtunkot district, was killed along with a bodyguard in Khwaja Namosi area.
A local Taliban source confirmed to Pajhwok Afghan News that Mullah Hayatullah Surkhabi was killed in the raid late on Saturday.
Separately, three security personnel were wounded . . .
