At least eight people have been killed in a drone strike by US forces in Afghanistan’s northern province of Kunduz.
Ghulam Hazrat Karimi, an army spokesman, said the aerial attack was conducted in the Archi district of the province, which is located 155 miles north of the country’s capital, Kabul, the previous night.
Karimi identified the deceased as members of the Taliban militant group, noting that a militant commander, identified as Qari Ali, was among those killed.
Taliban militants, however, have made no comments on the fatal airstrike so far.
On April 30, 15 people were killed after an airstrike targeted a Daesh hideout in the Haska Mina of the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar, bordering Pakistan.
The development came a day after 17 people were killed in a drone strike carried out by US-led foreign forces in Dih Bala district of the same province.
Local Afghan officials said that those killed in the aerial attack were Daesh extremists.
Afghanistan has recently been seeing the emergence and expansion of Daesh. Nangarhar, in particular, is one area where Daesh has visibly gained a foothold.
Editor's note: This article has been edited from the source material.
