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Airstrike kills 4 militants in northern Afghan province

Xinhua,December 23, 2017 Adjust font size:

KUNDUZ, Afghanistan, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- At least four militants were killed and three others injured as government forces' aircraft targeted a Taliban hideout in the northern Kunduz province, district governor Nasrudin Saadi said Saturday.

The air attacks, according to the official, carried out in Mohammad Alam village of the troubled Dasht-e-Archi district late Friday night, also destroyed a weapon cache of the militants.

No civilians had been hurt in the bombing, the official asserted.

The Taliban outfit has yet to make comment on the report. Enditem