LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): The governor, while not denying civilian casualties in an airstrike in Sangin district of southern Helmand province, on Saturday said the foreign troops targeted Taliban’s hideouts.
Governor Hayatullah Hayat told a joint news conference with military officials here that no civilian lived the incident site, three kilometers from the Sangin district centre. He said only Taliban insurgents’ hideouts existed in the targeted area.
Hayat said insurgents from various districts and provinces were assembling in Sangin to devise a plan for capturing the district.
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