27 June 2016

News Story: 16 Taliban militants killed in fresh U.S. drone strike

KUNDUZ, Afghanistan, June 26 (Xinhua) -- About 16 Taliban militants were killed in a U.S. drone attack in Afghanistan's northern province of Kunduz overnight, a military statement said on Sunday.

"A senior Taliban leader named Mullah Jannat Gul along with 15 of his men were killed after a pilotless plane of international forces struck two vehicles running along a road in Quash Tipa, Chahar Dara district Saturday night," said the statement issued by the Afghan army's Division 20 Pamir stationed in the region.

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