Key Taliban members killed or wounded in Afghanistan’s north

The 209th Shaheen Military Corps said Sunday that the Afghan Air Force has targeted a Taliban hide out in Chahar Bolak district of Balkh province – killing Mawlavi Qudrat, Taliban’s intelligence commander for the Northern Zone, along with 11 other fighters.

In addition Mawlavi Rohani, the Taliban’s commissioner for the district, along three other fighers were wounded, the Corps said.

Weapons, vehicles and six motorbikes were destroyed in the strike, the Corps added.

Seven other Taliban were targeted in Sholgara district, read the statement.

At the same time Faryab police say seven Taliban insurgents were killed and six others, including Mullah Matin, Taliban’s red unit commander known as Fada’i, were seriously wounded in a joint air and ground offensive against the Taliban in Khoja Sabz Posh district on Saturday evening.