The NATO-led force in Afghanistan has said it destroyed a rebel compound in an airstrike on Thursday that it believed killed a senior Taliban leader and his deputies. | The strike was in the Musa Qala area and was the latest in a series of operations there involving airstrikes and arrests of “senior Taliban commanders.” |
Most of 4,500 British troops in Afghanistan are in Helmand, but the statement did not say which country was involved in the operation. “The precision-guided munitions impacted on target, completely destroying the compound but causing no damage to the surrounding area. A senior Taliban leader and his deputies are believed to have been killed in this strike,” ISAF said in a statement. The strike was in the Musa Qala area and was the latest in a series of operations there involving airstrikes and arrests of “senior Taliban commanders”, the statement said.