Air raids kill 21 Taliban fighters in Afghanistan's Jawzjan province

A total of 21 militants were confirmed dead as fighting planes struck a Taliban gathering in the northern Jawzjan province on Thursday, army spokesman in the northern region Mohammad Hanif Rezai said.

According to the official, the fighting planes dropped bombs on the Taliban gathering and their hideout in two parts of Manjik district of Jawzjan province in the wee hours of Thursday, killing 21 insurgents.

The official said the security forces would continue to target the insurgents elsewhere in the country.

Taliban militants who had lost six fighters in similar air raids in the northern Kunduz province late Wednesday night have yet to make comment.

xinhua