Taliban’s Red Unit head of Paktia, Paktika, Khost and Logar provinces has been killed in a commando operation, the Ministry of Defense announced in a statement on Tuesday.
Defense ministry’s spokesperson Ghafoor Javed said Bilal Zadran, head of the Taliban’s Red Unit for southeastern region, was killed on Monday night.
Mr Zadran also said that Taliban insurgency in-charge Mullah Ikramuddin and 35 other insurgents were killed in Maiwand district of Kandahar province in military operation.
He added Taliban’s 15 top members have been killed during security forces operations in the past 26 days.
