Kabul Oct 3 (IANS) Five militants of Haqqani militant group were killed in an Afghan Air Force-led airstrike in Afghanistan s Paktika province the country s Defence Ministry said on Wednesday.
The strike was launched in Gomal district after an intelligence tip-off confirmed the presence of the militants in a remote area in the district bordering Pakistan Xinhua news agency reported citing the ministry s statement.
As a Taliban-linked group of militants the Haqqani network was designated as a terrorist group by the US in 2012. The group was yet to comment on the report.

--IANS shs/soni/