Air strikes targeted a convoy of Taliban who had left a meeting in western Afghanistan, leaving 14 suspected militants dead and 10 wounded, a provincial governor said on Friday. The Taliban had met on Thursday to appoint a leader in western Farah province, said Governor Muhaidin Baluch. As the fighters left the meeting in Bakwa district, air strikes hit seven Taliban vehicles, he said. | Two of the 10 wounded lost their legs, and the 14 dead were buried near where they were killed. |
In the eastern Khost province, US-led coalition and Afghan forces detained five suspected militants and destroyed a cache of weapons early on Friday, the coalition said in a statement. “Credible intelligence” led the forces to the compound suspected of housing an assassination cell.