The United States airstrike in Maidan Wardak, Afghanistan has killed five Taliban fighters last night.
A spokesman for US forces in Afghanistan said the attack took place last night. The attack took place in the Maidan Wardak district of Riyadh. In defense of Afghan security forces in accordance with the Doha agreement.
Afghanistan claimed Sunday it killed a top al-Qaida propagandist on an FBI most-wanted list during an operation in the country’s east. Showing the militant group’s continued presence there as U.S. forces work to withdraw from America’s longest-running war amid continued bloodshed.
The reported death of Husam Abd al-Rauf, also known by the nom de guerre Abu Muhsin al-Masri. Follows weeks of violence, including a suicide bombing by the Islamic State group Saturday at an education centre near Kabul. That killed 24 people. Meanwhile, the Afghan government continues to fight Taliban militants. Even as peace talks in Qatar between the two sides take place for the first time. (castanet reported earlier).
