Airstrike on rebel stronghold kills up to 80 Taliban

US-LED coalition aircraft killed up to 80 suspected Taliban militants in a night airstrike on a rebel stronghold in southern Afghanistan, the coalition said yesterday.

The local governor said 16 civilians also died.

A coalition statement said it had confirmed 20 Taliban killed in the attack on the village of Azizi in Kandahar province yesterday, while there were “an unconfirmed 60 additional Taliban casualties”.