4 Taliban insurgents killed in Afghan air strikes
Kabul, May 20: At least four Taliban insurgents were killed following an Afghan Special Operations Forces-related air strikes in the southern province of Zabul, officials said on Sunday.
"The strikes were conducted against militants of Taliban terrorist outfit in Shahjoy and Shinkay districts and two insurgents' motorcycles were also destroyed," Xinhua quoted Operational Coordination Group Afghanistan as saying.
Afghan forces and the NATO and US-led coalition troops continued in mopping-up operations as spring and summer, known as fighting season, is drawing near in the mountainous country.
The Taliban insurgent group, which has been waging an insurgency of more than 17 years, has yet to make comments on the report.
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10-year-old boy killed after leopard drags him away in Chamarajanagar
Chamarajanagar: A 10-year-old boy was killed in a leopard attack near Male Mahadeshwara Hills in Hanur taluk of Chamarajanagar district on Sunday morning.
The deceased has been identified as Harshit, a resident of Bengaluru. He had visited the Male Mahadeshwara Betta Temple with his family and was on his way to Nagamale when the leopard attacked and dragged him away, police said.
After a search operation, the boy’s body was recovered from a nearby forest area about half an hour later.
The body was shifted to the Male Mahadeshwara Hills Primary Health Centre for further procedures.
