Afghan air strikes hit Taliban in south as fighting for ground intensifies
TRT World says the Afghan government has launched air strikes, targeting the Taliban in the south as fighting for territorial control continued between both sides across the country.
The Afghan defence ministry said in statement on Thursday that air strikes were carried out on Taliban positions, including in the southern Helmand province, where the provincial capital of Lashkar Gah is being fiercely contested.
The Taliban control nine of the city’s 10 police districts.
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