Amid a tough fight against militancy in Afghanistan, Kandahar authorities have said that more than 76 Taliban militants have been killed following ground and aerial military strikes by Afghan and foreign forces in the province.
President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani conferred Mir Masjidi Khan state medal on outgoing Resolute Support Development wing in-charge here at the presidential palace on Tuesday evening.
he Taliban killed at least 10 people including two NATO troops in a Kabul bombing on Thursday, another attack on the Afghan capital just as a US envoy returned to talks with the insurgents on a troop withdrawal.
Two Afghan border guards opened fire on NATO Resolute Support mission advisors at the military base in Herat province in western Afghanistan, according to reports.
This weekend, US Gen. John Nicholson was replaced by US Gen. Austin Scott Miller as head of the US Forces-Afghanistan and the NATO-led Resolute Support Mission in the country.
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