Up to 23 militants including a senior commander affiliated with the terrorist groups were killed as government forces targeted the hardliner group's hideouts in the eastern province of Nangarhar on Thursday, spokesman for the provincial government Attaullah Khogiani said.
Three militants including a Taliban senior commander were killed and four others injured in a car bomb in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province on Thursday, provincial government spokesman Attaullah Khogiani said.
On the other hand a car bomb and the explosive device, planted on the car, exploded in Nokar Khil area of Khogiani district at around 9:30 a.m. local time, killing three rebels including notorious Taliban commander Mullah Hakimullah and injuring four civilians," Khogiani told reporters.
Without providing more details, the official said that an investigation was underway.
Taliban militants were yet to make comments on the report.
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