KABUL: (Middle East Press) At least three Pakistani insurgents were killed following a US drone strike in eastern Kunar province.
According to local government officials, the airstrike was carried out in Shonkiri area.
Provincial police chief, Gen Abdul Habib Syed Khel, confirmed the report and said the local residents did not suffer any fatalities following the airstrike.
Kunar is among the unstable provinces in eastern Afghanistan where anti-government armed insurgents groups including Pakistani insurgents are energetically operating.
According to local officials, a senior Pakistani Taliban commander was also among those killed in the airstrike.
The foreign militants including fighters of the Pakistani Taliban group are usually crossing border into Afghanistan and launch attacks on check posts of the Afghan national security forces in Kunar.
