At least 8 Taliban insurgents including six foreign militants have been killed in Badakhshan province, the Ministry of Defense (MoD) said.
The deputy spokesman of MoD, Fawad Aman said, “As a result of air operations in Dar-e Khastak area of Jaram district in Badakhshan, two Taliban insurgents along with six foreign militants of the group were killed.”
Aman added that an Uzbek citizen named Zarghawi is also among the killed.
This comes as the security forces’ operations are underway in Badakhshan and the security forces have recaptured three districts of the province from Taliban.