Geo436 KABUL: NATO said Thursday that another Taliban leader had been killed in an air strike and ground operation in northern Afghanistan, along with seven of his associates.
The US-led force in Afghanistan named Maulawi Jawadullah as the Taliban leader of Yangi Qala district in Takhar province.
He was allegedly wanted in connection with the deaths of at least 10 Afghan police in an attack in the neighbouring province of Kunduz.
NATO said Jawadullah was “directly responsible” for kidnapping and holding hostage Afghan security personnel, and carried out bombings and ambushes.
NATO said an air strike targeted Jawadullah and a group of insurgents, killing five militants.
The military said that an Afghan and coalition ground force then killed three insurgents in hiding “after they threatened the security force”.
NATO announced separately that
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