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US Drone Strike Kills 6 Taliban Militants in Central Afghan Wardak Province

© AFP 2023 / Bonny SchoonakkerA US Predator unmanned drone armed with a missile setting off from its hangar at Bagram air base in Afghanistan. File photo
A US Predator unmanned drone armed with a missile setting off from its hangar at Bagram air base in Afghanistan. File photo - Sputnik International
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At least six militants of the Taliban radical group (outlawed in Russia) have been killed as a result of the US drone strike in central Afghan Wardak province, local media reported Monday citing a spokesman for the provincial governor.

May 27, 2016 photo, members of a breakaway faction of the Taliban fighters walk during a gathering, in Shindand district of Herat province, Afghanistan - Sputnik International
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Abdul Rahman Mangal told TOLO news outlet that the strike took place on Sunday in Maidan Shar, the provincial capital.

“The Taliban’s local commanders are also among the dead,” Mangal told the media.

Afghanistan has been facing instability for many years, with government troops fighting against Islamic extremists and terror organizations.

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