LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- At least eight Taliban insurgents have been killed and seven others wounded in Afghanistan's southern province of Helmand, the provincial governor office said Sunday.
"Over the last 24 hours, Afghan security forces launched a series of airstrikes on the militants' hideouts in Sangin, Nahri Sarraj, Garmser and Washer districts of the province, leaving five militants dead and three others wounded," it said in a statement.
According to the statement, three Taliban were killed and four others wounded after an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) they were planting went off accidentally in Yakhchal area of Nahri Sarraj district over the same period.
The Taliban have not commented on the incidents.
Helmand, notorious for poppy growing, is also a known Taliban stronghold.
