US drone strikes kill 26 in Afghanistan's Nangarhar
More than two dozen people have been killed in two separate US drone strikes in the troubled eastern Afghanistan, Press TV reports.
The attacks were carried out against suspected Taliban militants in the eastern province of Nangarhar, local Afghan officials said on Tuesday.
The casualties were caused after drones belonging to the US military targeted militant hideouts near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in Nangarhar.
Local officials confirmed that at least 26 people lost their lives in the attacks.
The Taliban militant group has not commented on the attacks.
On July 29, at least 15 people were killed and several others injured in a series of similar strikes in the same troubled province.
The US regularly uses drones for airstrikes and spying missions in Afghanistan as well as Pakistan’s northwestern tribal belt near the Afghan border, among other places.
While Washington claims the targets of the attacks are militants, witnesses maintain that, in most cases, civilians have been the victims of the airstrikes.
The US has been carrying out drone operations in several countries, including Afghanistan - without authorization from the UN.
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