SHARAN, Afghanistan, May 11 (Xinhua) -- A total of 10 Taliban militants were killed after a NATO-led coalition forces' pilotless plane struck a Taliban hideout in Afghanistan's eastern province of Paktika overnight, local police said Saturday.
"The strike was conducted in Mangarreet locality of Barmal district, killing 10 militants and destroying a militant's vehicle," Shah Mohammad Aryan, provincial police spokesman, told Xinhua.
No civilian was hurt following the sortie in the province, 155 km south of the country's capital Kabul, the source added.
In an unrelated incident in neighboring Wardak province, a Taliban fighter was killed and three suspected militants were arrested after Afghan Special Operations Forces launched an operation in Lajjkhil locality of Sayyed Abad district, the provincial government said in a statement.
The security forces seized five motorcycles after the raid in the province, 35 km west of Kabul.
The Taliban insurgent group has not made comments yet.
