15 killed in US assassination drone strike in eastern Afghanistan
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This file photo shows a US MQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial vehicle. ©Reuters
Authorities in Afghanistan say more than a dozen people have lost their lives in a US assassination drone strike in the country’s Eastern Province of Nangarhar.
Colonel Hazrat Hussain Mashriqiwal, a Spokesman for the Nangarhar provincial police department, said on Thursday that the drone attack took place in the Achin district of the province, which is located 120 kilometers (74 miles) east of the Afghan capital, Kabul, the previous night.
He added that 15 members of the ISIL Takfiri terrorist group were killed in the aerial assault.
On February 3, at least 18 people lost their lives when US-led foreign forces carried out a string of drone strikes in Afghanistan’s Southeastern Province of Paktika.
A provincial security official, speaking on condition of anonymity, identified the deceased as members of the Taliban militant group, noting that they hailed from Pakistan’s mountainous northwestern region of Waziristan, and had sneaked into Afghanistan's soil through the area.
The attack came only a day after US forces carried out a drone strike in the Achin district of the troubled Eastern Province of Nangarhar, killing three members of the ISIL Takfiri militant group.
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