KUNDUZ, Afghanistan, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- At least four militants were killed after government forces' fighting aircrafts stormed a Taliban gathering outside Kunduz city, the capital of northern Kunduz province on Thursday, provincial governor's spokesman Esmatullah Muradi said.
The airstrikes, according to the official, were launched in the wee hours of Thursday when a group of Taliban fighters gathered in Hazrat Sultan area, a suburban of Kunduz city, killing four insurgents including a foreign national on the spot.
However, the official didn't identify the nationality of the foreign insurgent.
This is the second strike on the Taliban militants in the same area over the past two days. In the previous crackdown on Wednesday morning, five militants were killed, according to local officials.
Taliban militants haven't commented on the report.
