Seven militants killed in Afghan airstrike

Kabul, May 30: Seven militants, including a Taliban commander, were on Tuesday killed in an airstrike targeting a Taliban hideout in Kunduz province of Afghanistan."Acting upon intelligence reports, the security forces struck a Taliban hideout in Mullah Qali area of Dasht-e-Archi district in the morning. Notorious commander Mullah Ismael was also among the dead," Xinhua news agency quoted district governor Nasrudin Nazari as saying.Ismael was commanding Taliban fighters in Dasht-e-Archi and neighbouring Chardara, he said.His death could deal a major blow to the armed insurgents in Kunduz and the neighbouring Baghlan and Takhar provinces.The group has not commented yet.