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.’