{"id":52352,"date":"2018-07-24T18:23:56","date_gmt":"2018-07-24T18:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/07\/24\/afghan-army-commandos-kill-senior-taliban-leaders-in-afghanistan-2\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T08:00:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T08:00:23","slug":"afghan-army-commandos-kill-senior-taliban-leaders-in-afghanistan-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/07\/24\/afghan-army-commandos-kill-senior-taliban-leaders-in-afghanistan-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Afghan army commandos kill senior Taliban leaders in Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">KABUL, Afghanistan \u2014 A military operation by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2018\/07\/23\/us-strikes-continue-an-upward-trend-in-afghanistan\/\" target=_blank>Afghan commando units <\/a>in northeastern Kapisa province left at least 12 insurgents dead, including a Taliban shadow governor and district chief, a security official said Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sharin Aqa Faqiri, army spokesman for northeast <a href=\"http:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/07\/17\/officials-in-policy-shift-us-open-to-meeting-with-taliban\/\" target=\"_blank\">Afghanistan<\/a>, said Mullah Nasim Mushfaq, the Taliban shadow governor for Kapisa, and Qari Esanullah, shadow district chief for Tagab, were among those killed late Sunday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Faqiri said the senior <a href=\"http:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/07\/20\/us-general-reviewing-trumps-year-old-afghan-war-strategy\/\" target=\"_blank\">Taliban leaders <\/a>were in a meeting when they came under attack by ground forces supported by aircraft in Tagab district.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zabihullah Mujahid, Taliban spokesman, confirmed the attack in a statement, saying a number of Taliban, including the shadow governor and shadow district chief, were killed in the attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the capital Kabul, three people including a man and two children were wounded by a rocket that hit a home in the western part of the city, said Ghafor Azizi, 5th district city police chief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Azizi said at least three rockets were fired form an unknown location toward the city, with two of them striking a nearby mountain. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In eastern Nangarhar province, four local security forces were shot and killed by Taliban insurgents, said Attahullah Khogyani, spokesman for the provincial governor.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2018\/07\/23\/us-strikes-continue-an-upward-trend-in-afghanistan\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4425720.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">US strikes continue an upward trend in Afghanistan<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">U.S. airstrikes against the Islamic State militant group and the Taliban in Afghanistan continue to grow as the 17-year-old war in the country pushes into the summer fighting season once more.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Khogyani said Taliban fighters wearing border police uniforms stopped the security forces&#8217; vehicle and then opened fire on them, killing them inside their vehicle in Nazyan district late Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No one claimed responsibility for the attack, but both Taliban insurgents and Islamic State group affiliates are active in the province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, in western Ghor province, gunmen kidnapped six people \u2014 a doctor, his driver and four university students, said Abdul Hai Khateby, spokesman for the governor. 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