JALALABAD (Pajhwok): The governor said on Friday 37 Taliban insurgents were killed in airstrikes and ambushes in Khogyani and Sherzad districts of eastern Nangarhar province, but the Taliban denied the claim, saying 20 government soldiers were killed in Sherzad district.
Governor Zia-ul-Haq Amarkhel said the bodies of Taliban insurgents remained in Zawa area of Khogyani district after they were killed in airstrikes and ambushes by government forces since last night.
Khogyani district chief Mohammad Ayub Bahar told Pajhwok Afghan News that security forces were now busy collecting bodies of Taliban insurgents in the area.
Amarkhel also said that . . .
