KHOST, Afghanistan, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- Some 50 Taliban militants were killed and three others wounded in an airstrike against a militants' hideout in eastern province of Khost, a local official said Saturday.
"The strike was conducted in a remote locality in Piri area of Musa Khil district late on Friday evening," district chief Gulab Mangal told Xinhua.
Mangal said the airstrike was conducted by the U.S.-led coalition war planes in the province, 150 km southeast of Kabul.
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