One of the leaders of the Haqqani terror group identified as Hakimi was killed in a weekend air strike in eastern Afghanistan.
He was killed in a joint operation by Afghan-coalition forces in Muhammad Aghah district of Logar province on Sunday, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said in a press release on Monday.
Hakimi served directly under the Haqqani leader for the district, and has been transporting explosives and weapons to insurgents throughout the region, it added.
Another joint operation to arrest a Taliban leader in Achin district, Nangarhar province, on Monday resulted in the death of several militants, ISAF said.
During the operation, an armed group of insurgents attempted to attack the Afghan and coalition troops, which then resorted to a precision air strike.
Another group of militants was killed in a precision air strike in Tsamkani district of Paktiya province on Sunday during a security operation by Afghan-coalition forces in search of a Haqqani leader, ISAF said.
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