SECURITY
Top Taliban leaders killed in Helmand operations
HELMAND: At least 25 Taliban insurgents, including several top commanders were killed during the operations and 11 others were wounded in Lashkargah city and Nad-e-Ali, and Kajaki districts district of Helmand province. Pajhwok
Child killed, 7 of a family injured in Helmand
LASHKARGAH: A child was killed and seven others of the same family were wounded after a stray mortar shell hit their house in southern Helmand province. Pajhwok
Taliban infighting leaves 40 dead in Herat
HERAT CITY: At least 40 Taliban militants were killed during an overnight night clash between two rival factions in the Shindand district of western Herat province. Pajhwok , Khaama , Tolo News
Former warlord killed, 8 injured in Takhar hotel bombing
TALOQAN: Two civilians including a former jihadi commander were killed and eight others wounded as a result of a landmine blast in the Ashkamesh district of northeastern Takhar province. Pajhwok
3 religious scholars gunned down in Faryab
MAIMANA: Unidentified gunmen have shot dead three religious scholars in the Qaisar district of northwestern Faryab province. Pajhwok
US airstrike hit ISIS suicide training camp in Afghanistan leaving 40 dead
NANGARHAR: 40 members of Islamic State of Khorasan were killed when a deadly US airstrike targeted a training camp for the suicide bombers in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. Khaama , Tolo News
