Drone Attack Kills Six Taliban Members in Afghanistan
KABUL – Six alleged Taliban members died in an air attack launched by an unmanned US aerial vehicle in the eastern Afghan province of Logar, an official reported on Wednesday.
The drone attack took place late Tuesday in the area of Baboos, near the provincial capital of Pul-e-Alam, said Din Mohammed Darwish, spokesperson of the local government.
At least six insurgents died when their vehicle laden with explosives was destroyed, Darwish said.
This was the fourth American drone attack this month and the sixth this year, according to Afghan authorities.
Over the past year Afghanistan has been the scene of the worst violence since the invasion of US troops led to the fall of the Taliban regime 12 years ago.
In 2011 international troops started to gradually withdraw from the Asian country and transfer security to Afghan forces.
The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force will conclude its mission in Afghanistan by the end of this year, while the United States has announced that it will maintain around 9,800 soldiers in the country until its complete exit in 2016
KABUL – Six alleged Taliban members died in an air attack launched by an unmanned US aerial vehicle in the eastern Afghan province of Logar, an official reported on Wednesday.
The drone attack took place late Tuesday in the area of Baboos, near the provincial capital of Pul-e-Alam, said Din Mohammed Darwish, spokesperson of the local government.
At least six insurgents died when their vehicle laden with explosives was destroyed, Darwish said.
This was the fourth American drone attack this month and the sixth this year, according to Afghan authorities.
Over the past year Afghanistan has been the scene of the worst violence since the invasion of US troops led to the fall of the Taliban regime 12 years ago.
In 2011 international troops started to gradually withdraw from the Asian country and transfer security to Afghan forces.
The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force will conclude its mission in Afghanistan by the end of this year, while the United States has announced that it will maintain around 9,800 soldiers in the country until its complete exit in 2016
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