US launches drone strikes in northern Afghanistan

The United States has launched two drone strikes against Taliban positions in northern Afghanistan, confirmed a US defence official on Friday (local time). The strikes came hours before Afghan President Ashraf Ghani was set to meet President Joe Biden at the White House.

An unknown number of Taliban fighters were killed in Baghlan and Kunduz provinces, where the strikes took place, Fox News reported. The US Defence Ministry has not commented on the airstrikes, but the ministry in a statement said that the Afghan Air Force targeted Taliban positions in Imam Sahib, Khan Abad and Gor Tapa districts in the northern province of Kunduz.

The ministry said that 35 Taliban fighters were killed in the Afghan forces airstrikes in Kunduz, including three key commanders of the Taliban – Qari Jawad Hashemi, Haidari and Mawlawi Qadir, the Fox News further reported. This comes as Afghan forces retook the control of seven districts from the Taliban in three provinces on Thursday.

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