[Tolo News] At least 42 Taliban faceless myrmidons were killed on Saturday afternoon when they were trying to cross the border from Pakistain, said a NATO front manThe provincial police chief of Khost, Gen. Abdul Hakim Ishaqzai, put the cut-thoat corpse count higher, with at least 82 killed in a NATO airstrike.
NATO military officials did not confirm any airstrikes by the NATO-led ISAF forces in that area and say they do not have information about who has carried out such an strike.
Afghan and coalition forces have escalated their counter-insurgency operations in the country's volatile regions to wipe out Taliban, in which Afghan civilians are also often among the victims.
Taliban faceless myrmidons have also boosted their attacks on foreign forces in an effort to draw these forces out of the country and establish their own Islamic fundamentalist rule.