Local Taliban Leader Killed In US-Led Coalition Airstrike In Eastern Afghanistan - Reports

MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 21st October, 2018) A shadow district administrative chief of the Taliban movement was killed in a US-led coalition strike in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province, local media reported on Sunday citing the provincial government press office.

Taliban shadow district chief for Hesarak district Abdul Jabar and six other militants were killed in a drone strike on Saturday, according to the Khaama Press news agency.

Afghanistan has long been suffering from an unstable political, social and security situation due to the activity of various terrorist and radical groups.

The Afghan National Defense and Security Forces, supported by a US-led coalition, are conducting joint offensive operations to combat terrorism across the country.