The U.S. says at least 50 Taliban leaders were killed in a strike involving the High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, or HIMARS. Pictured: The crew of a HIMARS vehicle waits for orders to conduct a fire mission during the Diamond Tempest training exercise April 18, 2018, at Al Minhad Air Base, United Arab Emirates. (Sgt. 1st Class Doug Roles/Army)
Reuters: Fifty Afghan Taliban leaders killed in rocket strike, U.S. military says
KABUL (Reuters) - More than 50 senior Taliban commanders were killed in an artillery strike on a meeting in Afghanistan’s southern province of Helmand, a U.S. military spokesman said on Wednesday, as fighting continued across the country.
Details of last week’s operation emerged as fighting continued in other parts of Afghanistan, where the Taliban, aiming to restore their version of hardline Islamic law, launched their annual spring offensive last month.
Gunmen in Kabul, the capital, attacked the heavily fortified interior ministry, battling security forces for more than two hours before the assault was suppressed.
There were also serious incidents in Takhar province in the north, in Loghar, east of the capital, and Kandahar in the south, keeping up a pattern of attacks across the country.
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Update: At least 50 Taliban leaders die in HIMARS strike in Afghanistan, US says (Military Times/AP)
WNU Editor: Apparently the intensification of U.S. air strikes is also forcing the Taliban to relocate its heroin labs .... Taliban decides to relocate heroin labs amid relentless airstrikes (Khaama Press).
