15 Afghan Militants Killed In Airstrikes 

Kabul: At least 15 Taliban militants were killed in airstrikes that struck their hideout in Uruzgan province in Afghanistan, the Defence Ministry said on Friday.

The Afghan Army's MD-530 helicopters pounded the hideout in Mir Abad locality in Tirin Kot, the provincial capital, on Thursday, the ministry said. Soldiers also found and safely detonated a car bomb in Kotwali area of the city on the same day.

-IANS