MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): Civilians and Taliban have suffered casualties as a result of airstrikes in northern Balkh province, sources said on Thursday.
Local officials and residents claimed four civilians were killed and eight others wounded during a strike in the main bazaar of the Balkh district on Wednesday.
But the Afghan National Army’s Shaheen Corps said eight Taliban fighters were killed in the airstrike that also destroyed a car bomb.
Rahmatullah, a resident of the district, said his cousin was killed and brother wounded in the raid. Children were also among the injured, he added.
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