MAIMANA (Pajhwok): Eight Taliban Kot district of northern Faryab province.
The ground and air operation was conducted yesterday in Sarhoz area of the district where the rebels had assembled, a joint statement from the Faryab police and 209 Shaheen Military Corps said.
Eight insurgents, including a group leader, Qari Esa, were killed and seven others arrested during the operation.
Security forces also seized weapons and recaptured Yaka Took and Sang Zard areas from the rebels.
A local Taliban commander said the airstrike targeted . . .
