KABUL: A drone strike has killed a senior Taliban commander in Logar province, an official said today.

Mawlawi Habib Rahman, head of Taliban’s military commission in Baraki Barak District was reportedly targeted in the air strike last night.

Mohammad Rahim Amin, governor of Baraki Barak District said that three comrades of Mawlawi Rahman were also killed the air strike carried out in Cholzi area.

The district governor further said that Mawlawi Rahman had been doing destructive activities in Baraki Barak for the past few years.

“After the killing of Mawlawi Habib Rahman, the security in this district will get better,” he said.

 The Taliban had not commented on the report by the time this report was filed.