Children Among 20 Killed in Coalition Bombing Raid in Ghor Province

Nine children and 11 suspected Taliban insurgents were killed in a Coalition bombing raid in the northwestern Ghor province

Muhammad Hassan Hakimi

CHAGHCHARAN/KABUL: Nine children and 11 suspected Taliban insurgents were killed in a Coalition bombing raid in the northwestern Ghor province, a police officer said on Wednesday.

Acting police chief Col. Zainul Abidin told Pajhwok Afghan News the airstrike by US-led forces in Shahrak district targeted dreaded Taliban commander Mullah Mustafa and his accomplices.

Some reports indicated the warlord was among the fatalities, said the official, who hastened to explain the commander's death could not be confirmed independently.

He added the Coalition bombed the militant commander who was shifting a vehicle snatched earlier on from foreign troops to an area in the district. A Russian-made Kamaz truck was also destroyed in the airstrike.Earlier, the US military claimed the Taliban commander -- responsible for attacks along the main highway in border areas -- and 16 of his associates were killed the precision airstrike by Coalition forces.

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