Airstrikes kill 2 Taliban commanders in Southern Afghanistan

QALAT, Afghanistan, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) -- Two Taliban senior commanders namely Mullah Asad and Mullah Sangari were killed as fighting aircraft targeted the militants' hideout outside Qalat city, the capital of the southern Zabul province on Friday, provincial police chief Mohammad Mustafa Mayar said Saturday.

According to the official, the aircraft of the U.S.-led coalition forces conducted the sorties against Taliban hideouts in Amki area, a suburban of provincial capital Qalat city on Friday afternoon, killing both the commanders on the spot and injuring few others. Mayar, however, didn't provide more details.

Taliban militants haven't commented.