According to the latest data released by the Defence Ministry, about 32 militants were killed in the raids conducted by the Airforce.
there were two separate raids.In the first raid, 28 militants were killed Taliban’s position in Khaki Safed district of western Farah province and 10 were injured.
Those among the killed militants’ were Sardar Ashkon Bakwahi, Taliban’s deputy shadow governor of Farah, and two Taliban ‘divisional commanders’ Abdul Shokor and Hawaz Gulistani, according to the statement.
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Also on Sunday, four Taliban militants were killed following an airstrike in Nahri Saraj district of southern Helmand province.
Three vehicles and six motorcycles together with the amount of ammunition and weapons were also destroyed after the air operations, the statement noted.
Afghan security forces and the NATO-led coalition troops have beefed up security operations and airstrikes as militants are attempting to take territory and consolidate their positions during the winter in the mountainous country.
The Taliban militant group, which has been waging an insurgency of more than 16 years, has yet to comment on the report.
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