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Airstrikes kill 8 militants in Afghanistan northern province

Xinhua, October 30, 2016 Adjust font size:

Up to eight Taliban militants were killed and similar number injured as the Afghan government's aircrafts pounded militants' hideout in the northern Faryab province Saturday, police said.

The province has Maimana as its capital, which is located 425 km north of Kabul.

"Government forces aircrafts targeted a hideout of Taliban rebels in Qala-e-Wali area of Ghormach district Saturday evening killing eight rebels on the spot and injuring eight others," Sayed Sarwar Hussaini, police spokesman in the northern region, told Xinhua.

Two more militants were captured in the neighboring Pashtunkot district on the same day Saturday, the official said.

Taliban militants who are active in the said districts have not commented. Enditem