KABUL, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Afghanistan's National Directorate for Security (NDS) on Thursday confirmed the death of three senior al-Qaida members following coalition forces' air strikes in an eastern province.
"The Afghan National Directorate for Security confirms that Faruq al-Qatani and Bilal along with one other senior al-Qaida member were killed following drone strikes in Heelgul village, Ghazi Abad district, Kunar province Monday night (local time)," NDS, the country's intelligence agency, said in a statement.
The air strikes were conducted in coordination with the NDS in the province, 180 km east of Kabul, the statement added.
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