Afghan army’s big airstrike on Taliban, 30 terrorists killed, 17 injured
Afghanistan has conducted a major airstrike on the Taliban. More than 30 Taliban militants have been killed and 17 others wounded in airstrikes by the Afghan Air Force in the two provinces. The country’s Defense Ministry has confirmed this. 19 militants were killed and 15 others injured after warplanes targeted terrorist targets in the villages of Murgab and Hassan Tabin on the outskirts of the provincial capital Shiberghan in northern Jazzan province, Afghanistan’s defense ministry said in a statement. According to a defense ministry statement, 14 Taliban, including two non-Afghan militants, were killed and two others wounded in an air force attack on the outskirts of Lashkar Gah, the capital of southern Helmand province. Three terrorist vehicles, six motorcycles, two bunkers and a large quantity of their arms and ammunition were also destroyed, the statement read.
The airstrikes come at a time when Afghanistan is witnessing an escalation in violence as the Taliban intensify their offensive against Afghan forces and civilians, and in a few weeks since the full withdrawal of foreign forces. has increased. The Taliban’s control over Afghanistan is increasing rapidly. General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the Taliban now controlled half of Afghanistan’s 419 district centres. He added that as the Taliban capture more territory, Afghan security forces are strengthening their positions to protect major population centers, including Kabul.
After dominating Afghanistan, the Taliban have started a bloody game on the holy festival of Eid by slaughtering a hundred civilians in the Pakistani border town of Spin Boldak. During this massacre, innocent civilians were subjected to looting and heinous acts. The Afghan government has said that the Taliban has done this heinous incident at the behest of their master Pakistan.