LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): Eight Taliban militants, including the group’s recruitment department head, have been killed in security forces airstrike in southern Helmand province, a statement from 215 Maiwand Military Corps said on Friday.
The Taliban were holding an important meeting in the Bolan locality of Lashkargah, the capital of southern Helmand province, when came under attack, the statement said.
The Taliban’s Assistant Governor for Helmand Maulvi Hizbullah and three others were wounded in the airstrike.
Two vehicles and as many motorcycles belonging to the militants were destroyed in the airstrike.
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