Police officials say a US assassination drone attack has killed two people in northeastern Afghanistan, Press TV reports.
The attack, which left two Taliban commanders from Pakistan and Afghanistan dead, took place in the Nari district of Kunar province on Tuesday, the provincial police chief said.
Three days of similar airstrikes by the terror drones of the United States killed nearly 50 people in Yemen.
The US carries out targeted killings through drone strikes in Yemen, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Somalia.
Washington claims the targets of the drone attacks are al-Qaeda militants, but local officials and witnesses maintain that civilians have been the main victims of the attacks over the past few years.
The US and its allies invaded Afghanistan in 2001 as part of Washington’s so-called war on terror. The offensive removed the Taliban from power, but insecurity continues to rise across the country, despite the presence of about thousands of US-led troops.
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