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After 3 Rockets Hit Kandahar Airport, Afghanistan Eliminates 254 Taliban Terrorists

Afghanistan has killed 254 terrorists after launching airstrikes in 13 different regions. Also, 3 rockets had hit Kandahar airport on Saturday night.

Kandahar: In the latest update after at least three rockets struck Kandahar airport in southern Afghanistan on Saturday night, Afghanistan eliminated 254 terrorists of Taliban in airstrike at 13 different regions.

Reports claim that 97 terrorists have been injured in the attack.

"Last night three rockets were fired at the airport and two of them hit the runway... Due to this, all flights from the airport have been cancelled," airport chief Massoud Pashtun told AFP.

 

This development comes in the backdrop of the United Nations office in western Afghanistan’s Herat coming under fire on Friday. One of the UN guards posted at the office was killed in the incident.

Pashtun said work to repair the runway was underway and expected the airport to be operational later on Sunday.

No casualties have been reported so far.

Kandahar's air base is vital to providing the logistics and air support needed to keep the militants from overrunning Afghanistan's second-biggest city.

Violence has escalated in Afghanistan in recent weeks as the Taliban have intensified their offensive against civilians, Afghan defense, and security forces.

This comes in wake of foreign troop’s drawdown from the war-torn country.

Last month, three rockets landed in areas near the Presidential Palace during Eid prayers.

Over the last few weeks, the Taliban captured several districts in Afghanistan including Takhar, the country’s northeastern province.

The Taliban seized over 193 district centres and 19 border districts, according to the Afghan foreign ministry.’

 

(with agency inputs)

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