KANDAHAR (Pajhwok): Five dozens of Taliban militants were killed in two hours of an airstrike called in after a large number of the rebels stormed a security post in Maiwand district of southern Kandahar province last night, an official said Thursday.
Insurgents who had assembled from various parts of Kandahar and neighboring Helmand province, stormed the Cheshma check post at midnight (12am), sparking a stiff resistance from security forces, said Kandahar police spokesman Zia Durrani.
He said simultaneously air support arrived and within two hours until 2am . . .
