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Afghanistan
Taliban leaders among 11 killed in Helmand airstrike
2017-02-24
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] At least eleven Taliban turbans were killed in an Arclight airstrike conducted in southern Helmand
...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan...
 province of Afghanistan.

The provincial government in a statement said at least two local leaders of the group were among those killed.

The statement further added that the Arclight airstrike was carried out in north of Garamser district in Umomi Bagh area.

The Arclight airstrike was carried out by the foreign forces targeting a gathering of the Taliban bully boys, the statement said, adding that the two leaders killed in the attack have been identified as Zaheen and Ghazni belonging to Kochian Mahaz brigade of the group.

In the meantime, local officials are saying that the clearance operations are underway in Garamser district by the Afghan cops and Afghan Air Force and several areas have been cleared so far.
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