18 militants killed in S. Afghanistan

QALAT, Afghanistan, June 26 (Xinhua) -- The NATO-led troops during an operation against Taliban militants eliminated 18 insurgents including two commanders in Afghanistan's southern Zabul province Friday night, deputy to provincial police chief said Saturday.

"Acting on intelligence reports the international troops pounded militants' hideouts in Shar-e-Safa area of the province on Friday night killing 18 rebels including two group commanders Mullah Toorjan and Mullah Ahmad Shah on the spot," Ghulam Jilani Farahi told Xinhua.

He did not give more details.

Taliban militants fighting Afghan and NATO-led troops have yet to comments.

Southern and eastern parts of the post-Taliban Afghanistan have been the scene of increasing Taliban-led insurgency over the past couple of years.

In the meantime, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) earlier in the day confirmed air strikes against militants in Zabul but did not mention the exact number of casualties inflected to hard-liner militias.

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