CHARIKAR (Pajhwok): Eighteen Taliban insurgents have been killed in airstrikes in SiahGard and Shinwari districts of central Parwan province, an official said on Saturday, but the rebels rejected the claim.
Mohammad HamedNiazi, commander of the Coordination Center, said that following the fall of SiahGard and Shinwari districts to the Taliban, airstrikes were carried out on the group in both districts late on Friday night.
According to him, QariGhaffar, Taliban’s shadowy head for SiahGard district, Nurgul, Abdul Hamid and MaulviAwalgul, Taliban leaders, were among those killed in the blitz and three others were wounded in the center of SiahGard district . . .
