KABUL sustained heavy casualties in airstrikes in Jaghato district of central Maidan Wardak province, but some sources said civilians were also among the casualties.
Maidan Wardak provincial council secretary Abdul Wahid Akbarzoi said 20 Taliban rebels were killed in the Afghan forces airstrikes in Chopan, Balandkhel and Kamalkhel villages of Jaghato district on Saturday night.
He said four civilians were also killed when a house was targeted during the nighttime bombardment.
Muhibullah Sharifzoi, the governor’s spokesman, said 24 fighters of the Taliban’s . . .
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Ahmad Shah Erfanyar
