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KABUL, July 27 (Xinhua) -- As many as 22 armed insurgents have been confirmed dead after army helicopters targeted Taliban oppositions in Afghanistan's northern Badakhshan province, Bakhtar news agency reported on Thursday.
The helicopter gunships, according to the state-run news agency, pounded Taliban hideouts in parts of Tagab district late Wednesday, killing 22 insurgents on the ground and injuring several others.
Taliban militants who are active in parts of the mountainous Badakhshan province over the past few years haven't commented.
