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Taliban shadow governor among 50 killed in W. Afghanistan

Xinhua, August 23, 2016 Adjust font size:

As many as 50 Taliban militants including a shadow governor for the western Ghor province had been killed in air strikes carried out on Monday, the Interior Ministry said in a statement released here Tuesday.

"A total of 50 rebels including Mullah Ahmad Shah Ghori, the shadow governor of Taliban group for the western Ghor province, were killed after government forces conducted series of air sorties in Pashtunkot district of the neighboring Faryab province on Monday evening," said the statement.

Huge quantity of arms and ammunitions of the militants were also destroyed in the air raids, the statement asserted.

Taliban militants who are active in parts of Faryab and the neighboring Ghor province are yet to make comments on the report. Endit