KABUL Yaqub and 15 of his associates were killed in an airstrike in northern Balkh province on Tuesday, the army said.
The raid targeted a meeting of militants in Kushanda district, said Mohammad Hanif Rezaee, an army spokesman in the northern region.
The predawn air raid was conducted on the basis of a tip-off, he said, adding that 16 militants, including Taliban’s Red Unit commander Mullah Yaqub, were killed.
A-29 Super Tucano struck the insurgents at around 1:10am, the Afghan . . .
