Drone attack kills 8 militants including Taliban key commander in N. Afghanistan

PUL-E-KHUMRI, Afghanistan, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- Eight militants including a Taliban key commander, Qari Assadullah, were confirmed dead as an unmanned plane struck a Taliban hideout in Baghlan-e-Markazi district of the northern Baghlan province on Monday, an army spokesman in the northern region, Abdul Hadi Jamal said.