Precision airstrike kills deputy commander of the Red Unit of Taliban in Takhar By Khaama Press / in Afghanistan / on Saturday, 15 Feb 2020

An airstrike killed seven Taliban militants including the deputy commander of the Red Unit of the group in North-eastern Takhar province. 

The Ministry of Defense (MoD) in a statement said the security forces conducted a precision airstrike in Baharak district of Takhar on Friday night.

The statement further added that the airstrike killed 7 Taliban militants including Jalal Sirat alias Nasrat, the deputy commander of the Red Unit of Taliban in Takhar. 

The airstrike also killed Ahmadullah Taloqani, one of the senior commanders of the group in Takhar and wounded 3 other militants, the statement added. 

The Defense Ministry also added that the airstrike also destroyed multiple motorcycles of Taliban militants. 

The Taliban group has not commented regarding the airstrike so far. 

Also,

An airstrike killed 5 Taliban militants in North-eastern Takhar province of Afghanistan, the military officials said Saturday. 

The officials further added that the security forces conducted the airstrike in Baharak district of Takhar. 

Meanwhile, the Afghan Special Forces arrested 6 Taliban militants during the operations in Giro district of Ghazni, Muhammad Aghah district of Logar and Farah district of Farah province. 

The Special Forces also destroyed a small communications cache of Taliban in Logar and two weapons cache of the group in Logar and Kandahar provinces, the officials added. 

The Taliban group has not commented regarding the operations so far. 

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