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Twelve Taliban insurgents killed in Afghanistan's east - Governor's Office

Kabul, Oct 23 (Sputnik) Twelve Taliban insurgents, including six Pakistani nationals, were killed and seven other were injured in a retaliatory airstrike in Afghanistan's eastern province of Nangarhar, the provincial governor's office said on Friday.
"Twelve Taliban insurgents, including six Pakistanis, were killed and seven others wounded in a retaliatory airstrike in the Dando area of Khogyani district last night," the governor's office said in a statement.
The security forces seized seven Kalashnikov rifles belonging to the Taliban.
No civilians or law enforcement agents were harmed in the counter-attacks.
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