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18 Taliban fighters including key commander killed in Afghan province

Xinhua, May 4, 2016 Adjust font size:

A total of 18 Taliban militants including key commander Khakrizwal have been killed in Khakriz district of the southern Kandahar province over the past four days, security official Niaz Mohammad Majahid said on Wednesday.

"Units of security forces launched operations against Taliban rebels in Darazab valley of Khakriz district on Sunday and since then 18 rebels including Taliban key commander Mullah Khakrizwal have been killed," Majahid told Xinhua.

Khakrizwal, according to the official, had served as military operational commander of Taliban in Khakriz and Arghandab districts and his death could prove to be a big blow to the Taliban fighters in Kandahar province.

Taliban militants who have been fighting the government forces in parts of Kandahar and neighboring Zabul, Helmand and Uruzgan provinces over the past several months, are yet to make comment on the situation in Khakriz district. Endit