Video: Taliban Hideouts Destroyed In Afghanistan Airstrike

Afghan security forces have increasingly relied on air strikes to push the militants back from cities even as they run the risk of hitting civilians.

A hideout used by Taliban insurgents is seen being destroyed in an airstrike by defense forces in a video released by the Afghanistan government on Twitter. Tens of terrorists were killed and wounded in the attack in Zherai district of Kandhar province, it said. #Taliban terrorists hideouts were targeted by #AAF in Zherai district of #Kandahar province yesterday. Tens of #terrorists were killed and wounded as result of the #airstrike. pic.twitter.com/mM1uVyeXMu 254 #Taliban terrorists were killed and 97 wounded as a result of #ANDSF operations in Ghazni, Kandahar, Herat, Farah, Jowzjan, Balkh, Samangan, Helmand, Takhar, Kunduz, Baghlan, Kabul & Kapisa provinces during the last 24 hours.Also, 13 IEDs were discovered & defused by #ANA. pic.twitter.com/XiEiOAOuph At least 250 such insurgents have been killed while nearly 100 were wounded in battles at several major cities over the past 24 hours, the government has said. These developments come as the Taliban make rapid territorial gains amid the US military's final stage of withdrawal from the war-torn country.