Afghan air raids kill 14 insurgents in southern Kandahar province

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- A total of 14 militants were killed as fighting planes stormed a Taliban hideout in Miwand district of the southern Kandahar province on Tuesday night, said an army statement released here on Wednesday.

Acting upon the intelligence report, the fighting planes targeted a Taliban hideout in Miwand district at 11:50 p.m. local time on Tuesday, killing 14 insurgents on the spot and wounding two others, said the statement.

A weapon cache of the militants was also destroyed due to the airstrikes, the statement further said.

Taliban militants who are active in parts of Kandahar and the neighboring Helmand and Zabul provinces have yet to make comment.