GHAZNI (Xinhua) – Six Taliban militants were killed in an airstrike in Afghanistan's eastern Ghazni province overnight, the provincial government said Saturday.
"A NATO-led Resolute Support aircraft conducted the strike on a Taliban hideout in Hadda village of Dih Yak district, and the strike resulted in the killing of six Taliban militants," the government said in a statement.
Four militants were also wounded in the strike, the statement added.
The mountainous province has for long been the scene of heavy clashes and fighting.