Airstrikes kill 8 insurgents in S. Afghan province

TIRIN KOT, Afghanistan, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- At least eight militants were killed as fighting aircraft pounded Taliban hideout outside Tirin Kot, the capital of southern Uruzgan province on Tuesday, an army spokesman in the southern region Ahmad Sadeq Eisa said Wednesday.

The air raids according to the official, was conducted late Tuesday night against Taliban hideout outside provincial capital Tirin Kot and besides killing eight militants on the spot, also injured four others.

Taliban militants have not commented.