Key Taliban Commander Killed in Parwan Drone Strike

AVA- A key Taliban commander was killed in a foreign troops drone strike in northern Parwan province on Saturday night, local officials said.

The strike took place in Ezat Khil area of Jabal Saraj district of the province after Afghan security forces launched a ground operation and had foreign troops air support, Mohammad Masoum Farzayee, a spokesman for the provincial governor said.

“Troops came from Kabul and they launched a military operation in Ezat Khil and the foreign troops also provided support from the air in which Mullah Agha Gul, a Taliban commander and one of his fighters, were killed,” Farzayee said.

Mohammad Asim Asim, the provincial governor rejected the reports of a drone strike in the area but said that ground forces launched the operation against a group of Taliban insurgents in which “two of the insurgents were killed so far.”

Three security forces were also wounded in the operation, Asim said.

However, he did not provide further details.

The Taliban have not yet commented on the operation.