...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
were killed during the
s which were conducted in Wardak and Pashtun-infested Logar provinces, the military sources said Sunday.The sources further added that "A Taliban attack planner, Ghorzang, was killed in an air strike in Sayyidabad district of Wardak province on March 9, 2019. Ghorzang coordinated high profile attacks and planned abductions of innocent Afghan civilians."
Another Taliban commander Abu Zar was killed in a similar air strike which was conducted in Muhammad Aghah district of Pashtun-infested Logar province on March 9, 2019.
"Saifullah, an al-Hamza Martyrdom Battalion Commander was killed by a precision air strike in Sayyidabad district of Wardak on March 9, 2019," the sources said adding that Saifullah ordered and helped train jacket wallahs who conducted high profile attacks around the country that killed hundreds of innocent civilians. Twelve of his fighters were also killed in this strike.
The anti-government armed holy warriors including Taliban have not commented regarding the report so far.