At least 12 Taliban militants, including a ‘commander’ Qari Samiullah, were killed and seven others were wounded in an airstrike by Afghan Security Forces in Nusai District of Badakhshan province in the night of December 11, the Ministry of Defense (MoD) said in a statement on December 12, reports Tolo News. The airstrike targeted a Taliban recruitment center, the MoD said in the statement, adding, “In this airstrike, some weapons and vehicles of the Taliban were also destroyed.”