Afghan air force kills 32 militants in latest raids

KABUL, Jan 15 (Xinhua): At least 32 militants were killed in two separate airstrikes in Afghanistan, the country's defence ministry said Monday.

In one raid conducted by Afghan National Army (ANA) Air Force on Sunday against a Taliban's position in Khaki Safed district of western Farah province, 28 insurgents lost their lives and 10 others injured, the ministry said in a statement.

Those among the killed militants' were Sardar Ashkon Bakwahi, Taliban's deputy shadow governor of Farah, and two Taliban divisional commanders Abdul Shokor and Hawaz Gulistani, according to the statement. Also on Sunday, four Taliban militants were killed following an airstrike in Nahri Saraj district of southern Helmand province.