A senior Taliban commander was killed in an airstrike by international forces in southern Afghanistan, the Afghan Defence Ministry said Thursday according to Deutsche Presse Agentur dpa. Afghan troops en route from Sangin district of volatile Helmand province to the Sarwan Qalah area were ambushed by a group of militants on Thursday morning, the ministry said in a statement. Army forces fought back and called in close air support, which killed several insurgents. "Mullah Brodar, one of the famous Taliban commanders, was among the dead," the statement said, citing army forces on the ground.
