At least 30 Arab insurgents were killed in a foreign forces air strike in Paktika province, the official provincial media office said in a statement.
According to the statement 30 Arab mine makers were killed in an air strike in Khoshamand district of Paktika.
In a separate foreign air strike in Yusuf Khel district of the province at least another two insurgents were killed, the statement said.
No information on civilian casualties from the air strikes was released. The Taliban have yet to comment on the air strikes.
