Monday, 25 October 2010 18:38
At least, two Taliban fighters including the Taliban shadow governor were killed Monday by a Nato airstrike in northern Takhar province
Confirming the incident, provincial officials said the shadow governor for the Taliban, Qari Serajuddin was killed while he was riding on a motorbike.
The spokesman for Takhar governor told a TOLOnews reporter that no civilians were hurt or dead in the attack.
Meanwhile, in a separate incident in southern Helmand province 25 civilians were killed in a Nato airstrike.
Afghan provincial security officials confirmed that a mosque was targeted in the Nato attack.
Nato officials have yet to comment about the mosque issue, but they have rejected that civilians were affected in the attack.
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