Afghan airstrike kills 4 senior Taliban members in Faryab
An Afghan airstrike has reportedly killed several members of the Taliban militant group, including four senior militants, in the country’s northern province of Faryab, Press TV reports.
Afghan army officials in Faryab said 20 Taliban militants were killed and injured in the airstrike on Friday.
In a separate incident on Thursday, four Afghan children died and another was injured in a bomb blast in Ghor Province in western Afghanistan.
The authorities say the bomb had been planted by the Taliban. The militant group, however, has not yet claimed responsibility for the bombing.
Afghanistan is witnessing growing violence despite the presence of thousands of foreign forces in the war-ravaged country.
The United States and its allies invaded Afghanistan in 2001 as part of Washington’s so-called war on terror. The offensive removed Taliban from power, but insecurity still remains in several areas across the country.
On Friday, Mohammad Ismail Qasimyar of the High Peace Council, the body charged with negotiating a settlement with the militants, said the second round of official talks between the representatives of the Kabul government and the Taliban will take place on July 30 in China.
The first round of official face-to-face talks took place in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, on July 7, supervised by American and Chinese representatives.
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