Both Taliban and civilians suffered casualties in Kunduz airstrike: Abdullah

AVA- In his speech during the meeting of the Ministers Council, Abdullah said the airstrike in Dasht-e-Archi was carried out a main compound of the Taliban group.
Abdullah further added that the airstrike resulted into the killing of several key Taliban leaders but unfortunately some civilians suffered casualties.
This comes as the Ministry of Defense officials said last week that the airstrike was carried out a main stronghold of the Taliban group in Dasht-e-Archi district which was also being used as the training camp by the group.
According to the defense officials, the raid was conducted based on accurate intelligence information and as a result several Taliban insurgents including eighteen of their leaders were killed.
In regards to the civilian casualties, the Ministry of Defense spokesman Gen. Radmanish said the Afghan army helicopters attacked the the compound with rockets but the civilians sustained casualties from small fire arms.
According to Gen. Radmanish, the Taliban militants initially opened fire on army helicopters after their base was attacked with rockets and later opened fire on civilians.
Although the circumstances surrounding the civilian casualties have not been ascertained so far but President Ghani said Saturday that a thorough and precise investigation is underway regarding the incident and civilian casualties is underway by the delegation appointed by the government.