Airstrike hits Taliban convoy in Ghazni, 60 killed

GHAZNI CITY (Pajhwok): A foreign forces airstrike hit a Taliban convoy in southern Ghazni province and killed at least 60 insurgents and wounded several others, an official said on Wednesday.

The Taliban’s convoy of vehicles was targeted in Zardak area on the Ghazni-Uruzgan highway late Tuesday night, said Ghazni police spokesman Ahmad Khan Seerat.

He told Pajhwok Afghan News at least 60 insurgents were killed and several others wounded in the foreign forces airstrike. Clashes also happened in Malistan and Jaghori districts, he said.

According to Seerat, one policeman and two ANA soldiers were killed and another policeman wounded after militants stormed security check-posts in Bakawal area late Tuesday night.

Elsewhere in northeastern Takhar province, two policemen were killed and three others wounded as militants attacked their check-posts in Jaghat area of Ishkamesh district, said the provincial police spokesman Khalil Aseer. However, said the assault was repulsed soon.

In northern Kunduz province, six militants and one ANA soldier were killed during clashes in Aqtaba area of Qala-i-Zal district on Tuesday night, said Ghulam Hazrat Karimi, spokesman for 20^th military division.

The Taliban confirmed clashes in Ghazni, Kunduz and Takhar provinces. The group’s spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid claimed 55 security personnel had been killed and scores of others wounded. Several weapons and ammunition were also seized during the clashes, he added.

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