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Afghan Forces Kill at Least 10 Taliban Field Commanders in Airstrike

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Afghan Forces Kill at Least 10 Taliban Field Commanders in Airstrike

12:38 GMT 29.05.2016 (Updated: 12:45 GMT 29.05.2016)

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Afghan security forces killed at least 10 field commanders of the Taliban insurgency in an airstrike in northern Afghanistan’s Baghlan province, the Afghan Defense Ministry said in a statement Sunday.

Taliban fighters hold their heavy and light weapons before surrendering them to Afghan authorities in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan. File photo - Sputnik International

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Joint air operations by security and defense forces targeted a Taliban gathering in central Baghlan-e-Markazi district of the province, killing 10 and wounding one, the statement specified.

The ministry said a total of 41 Taliban members had been killed in the past 24 hours in 16 of the country’s provinces.

The deaths came a day after the ministry announced that 71 insurgents had been killed in a series of counterterrorism operations.