Air strike kills 40 Taliban, UK soldier dies in Afghanistan

[maddezmom]

Source: AFP

GHAZNI, Afghanistan (AFP) - Forty Taliban were killed in air strikes to take back a district of Afghanistan captured by Islamist rebels while a British soldier was killed in a separate clash, officials said Friday.


Afghan and NATO-led ground forces supported by international military air support launched an offensive on Wednesday to retake Ajristan, 200 kilometres (124 miles) southwest of Kabul, after rebels stormed in Monday.

"Over 40 Taliban fighters were killed and 30 were wounded in an overnight coalition air strike in Ajristan district," Ghazni province spokesman Ismail Jahangir told AFP as the operation continued Friday for a third day.

The district governor, who fled after the Taliban captured the district, confirmed the air strike casualties and said two civilians also died


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[babylonsister]

1. Hmm. How long before we find out over half were civilians? nt

[Tempest]

2. And were at a wedding party n/t