U.S. drone strike kills 4 militants in Afghanistan
Xinhua, May 18, 2016 Adjust font size:
Some four militants had been killed in an airstrike in Afghanistan's northern province of Kunduz, a local official said on Wednesday.
"On late Tuesday, an unmanned plane of the coalition forces conducted an airstrike on a running vehicle in Bajawori area of Dasht-e-Archi district, causing four militants aboard the vehicle killed," district governor Nasruddin Nazari told Xinhua.
A local Taliban commander named Mohammad Nasir was among the killed, the governor added.
The province has been the scene of sporadic clashes between Afghan security forces and Taliban militants over the past couple of months.
The Afghan security forces have beefed up security operations against militants since early April after Taliban militants started their so-called annual spring offensive and stepped up attacks across the country.
Nearly 13,000 NATO-led forces are currently stationed in the militancy-hit country and backing Afghan forces in the war on insurgents. Endit