By Xinhua,
Kabul : Air raids against Taliban fighters in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province left nine insurgents dead on Thursday, deputy provincial police chief Faridullah Khan said.
“The NATO-led force carried out air raids against militants in Hazartak area outside Zabul’s provincial capital Qalat this morning killing nine rebels,” Khan told Xinhua.
He added bodies of the militants and few of their motorbikes had been left on the ground.
The air raids occurred in the wake of suicide attack against a military convoy in Qalat Thursday morning during which four civilians sustained injuries.
More than 1,500 people have been killed in violent incidents and militancy so far this year in Afghanistan.
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