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Drone attack kills Taliban commander in Afghanistan

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IANS Kabul

A Taliban commander was killed on Tuesday when a pilotless plane targeted a Taliban hideout in Afghanistan's eastern Kunar province, the provincial police chief said.

A key Taliban commander Mullah Ashrafullah was killed as a drone targeted terrorists in Ghazi Abad district of eastern Kunar province, Xinhua news agency quoted provincial police chief Abdul Habib Sayedkhili as saying.

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First Published: Sep 08 2015 | 7:06 PM IST

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