Eleven militants, including the Taliban’s intelligence chief, have been killed during Afghan forces airstrike and raids in north western Faryab province, an official said on Friday.
Taliban’s spy chief among 11 rebels killed in Faryab
خبرگزاری Afghn Voice Agency(AVA) , 12 Jan 2019 - 1:12
Eleven militants, including the Taliban’s intelligence chief, have been killed during Afghan forces airstrike and raids in north western Faryab province, an official said on Friday.
AVA- Javid Ahmad Ghafoor, spokesman for the Ministry of Defence (MoD), told media the Taliban’s spy Chief Qari Sibghatullah had been killed in airstrike.
He said Sibghatullah was behind attacks on civilians and Afghan forces in Faryab.
Separately, 10 insurgents have been killed and two others injured in Afghan forces attacks in the past two days, a statement from 209th Shaheen Military Corps said.
Seventeen landmines, 80 kilograms of explosives and some weapons captures by security forces during the operations, the statement said.
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