The local Taliban leaders were targeted in eastern Afghanistan. — File photo

KABUL: Nato said its air strikes have killed two key local Taliban leaders in eastern Afghanistan.

The international military alliance said in a statement issued on Monday that its forces killed the Taliban shadow administrator for Nangarhar province's Hisarak district in a strike last Friday. Nato had previously announced the strike but said they were unsure if Maulawi Anwar had been killed.

Nato also said that it killed a Taliban operative in Logar province's Pul-i-Alam district in a strike on Sunday. The coalition says the man, Abdul Bari, helped Taliban leaders get weapons and vehicles.

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