40 insurgents were killed as a result of an air strike conducted in Afghanistan

Taliban’s shadow governor for Badakhshan Qari Fasihudin and 40 insurgents were killed as a result of an air strike conducted in Baharak district of Badakhshan, the Afghan ministry of interior said in a press release on Friday night.

The attack was carried out at around 6:50 pm in an area located in Baharak district killing a key Taliban official and his companions, the press release read.

Readers who wish to follow our weekly coverage can subscribe to the Weekly Defense Roundup.

If you wish to report a grammatical or factual error in this article, please let us know by using the online form.

Executive Editor

Support The Defence Blog

Independent reporting takes resources. Join us on Patreon.

Become a patron

More Like This

U.S. Army’s top official tested laser-armed vehicle in New Mexico

The U.S. Army's top civilian official sat down at the operator's seat of a laser-armed pickup truck at White Sands Missile Range in New...

San Francisco startup’s hydrofoil boat wows U.S. Navy brass

A San Francisco-based maritime technology company's hydrofoiling electric boat stopped senior U.S. Navy admirals and captains in their tracks at the Sea-Air-Space conference, drawing...

Neros Technologies shrinks its attack drone controller by half

A Los Angeles-based drone technology company has redesigned its ground control station for FPV attack drones to fit on a soldier's body armor, cutting...

U.S. Army tests British-made interceptor to beat drones

The U.S. Army's 52nd Air Defense Artillery Brigade has tested a new low-cost interceptor called Skyhammer in Europe, putting Cambridge Aerospace's system through developmental...

U.S. Army invests $461M to rebuild short-range air defense fast

The U.S. Army is nearly doubling its investment in its primary short-range air defense system for fiscal year 2027, requesting $461 million for the...

DARPA wants to replace GPS dependence with new class of sensors

Every GPS signal on the battlefield is a vulnerability waiting to be exploited, and Russia, China, and Iran have all demonstrated the willingness to...