Afghan Army Says 60 Taliban Members Killed in Helmand
On Saturday, Taliban shadow district chief of Helmand, Mullah Shafiullah and his five associates were killed in airstrikes in surrounding areas of the province, Xinhua news agency quoted the Afghan Army's Miwand 215 Corps as saying in a statement.
In addition, 54 Taliban militants had been killed and eight others wounded during separate airstrikes and clashes with the army in Sorgodar and Bushran, on outskirts of provincial capital Lashkar Gah, as well as Naway-i-Barakzai, Garmser and Nad Ali districts from early Friday to Saturday morning, the Defense Ministry said in a statement on Sunday.
"Those among the killed militants were a Taliban divisional commander Abdul Salaam and three militants' bomb experts," the statement read.
Eight Taliban's control and command centers, weapons, vehicles and several rounds of guided rockets were destroyed during the airstrikes, according to the statement.
