Air strikes against Taliban militants left five insurgents dead and injured over a dozen others in Taliban former stronghold Kandahar of southern Afghanistan, police said Thursday.
"The attack by international troops occurred in Faqiran village of Arghandab district late Wednesday night as a result five rebels were killed and 15 others sustained injures," deputy to provincial police chief Fazal Mohammad Shirzad told Xinhua.
Meantime, some locals believed that six of the injured men are innocent villagers, but Shirzad insisted that all injured in the air raids are Taliban fighters.
"There were no casualties on civilians," Shirzad stressed.
Taliban militants fighting Afghan government have yet to make any comment.
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