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Afghan National Army soldiers guard at a checkpoint on the way to the Sangin district of Helmand province, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2015. Reinforcements have been rushed to a besieged southern district threatened for days with takeover by Taliban fighters, Afghanistan's acting defense minister said on Wednesday. AP Photos/Abdul Khaliq
Two senior Taliban leaders were killed by U.S.-backed Afghan forces in joint airstrikes, Reuters reported. About 40 other members of the terrorist organization also died.
A security official told the news outlet that the strikes were carried out in western and northern Afghanistan on the night of Saturday, Sept. 14. They were done so as to prevent future Taliban attacks on Afghan security forces, which have increased since talks broke down between the group and the United States.
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