Afghan and allied forces carried out a series of air bombardments against Taliban and ISIS Khurasan militants in five provinces killing at least 12 militants.
According to Afghan military sources, the air assaults conducted on Thursday killed 5 Taliban militants and destroyed a small cache of weapons in Almar district of Faryab.
Similar air raids conducted in Sholgarah and Chimtal districts of Balkh which killed a Taliban militant and destroyed a small cache of weapons.
Additionally, Afghan security forces killed a Taliban militant by conducting an airstrike in Giro district of Ghazni and another air raid in Shah Joy district of Zabul which killed 1 Taliban militant.
The officials also added that an airstrike in Khugyani district of Nangarhar killed 4 militants of ISIS Khurasan terror group.
