Mazar-e-Sharif (BNA) Fifty-six Taliban insurgents were killed in two airstrikes in Balkh yesterday afternoon.
Fifty-six insurgents, including several key members of the Taliban, were killed in two airstrikes in the Aqtapa and Gortapa regions, Chahar Bolak district of Balkh, Mohammad Hanif Rezaei, spokesman for the 209 Shaheen Corps, told BNA.
Rezaei added that two bases, an ammunition depot, a machine gun, a rocket and several Taliban vehicles and motorcycles were also destroyed in the attacks.
- Yarzada