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Airstrikes have claimed the lives of 25 militants in eastern Afghanistan's Khost and Paktika provinces over the past two days, local media reported on Sunday.
In the latest air raid conducted on Sunday, seven insurgents were killed, local media reported.
"Air raid against insurgents had left seven militants killed today (Sunday) morning," a local television channel Tolo reported in its news bulletin.
The seven militants had been killed when their vehicle was targeted in Spirai district Sunday morning.
Those killed in the attack are said to have affiliation with the dreadful Haqqani network, a sub-group of Taliban outfit reportedly operating in the capital city Kabul and the eastern provinces of Afghanistan.
In a similar air strike which carried out a day earlier on Saturday in the neighboring Paktika province, 18 militants were killed.
The air attack, according to a local newspaper Afghanistan Times, was carried out by the NATO-led forces in Gayan district, Paktika province Saturday morning killing 18 Taliban militants including several foreign fighters.
The NATO-led forces which ended its combat mission by the end of 2014 haven't commented on the reported air raids in Khost and Paktika provinces.
Commander of the NATO-led forces in Afghanistan Gen. John F. Campbell in his address to mark the end of NATO-led forces combat mission on Dec. 28 said, "Today marks an end of an era and the beginning of a new one."
The U.S. commander of the alliance force in his address pointed out the NATO-led forces new mission in Afghanistan which began from January 1, 2015 includes training, advising and assisting Afghan national security force.
Both Khost and Paktika are among restive provinces where anti- government militants are active and conducting subversive activities.
