LASHKARGAH / PUL-I-KHUMRI (Pajhwok): At least 22 Taliban insurgents have been killed during security operations in southern Helmand and northern Baghlan provinces.
Brig. Gen. Zabihullah Mohmand, commander of 215 Maiwand Military Corps in Helmand, told Pajhwok Afghan News the security forces conducted an airstrike in Nad Ali district on Monday night.
He said 17 militants were killed and several weapons and ammunition destroyed in the raid.
Taliban spokesman Qari Yousuf Ahmadi confirmed the airstrike by Afghan forces but said one civilian was killed.
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