At least 20 Taliban militants were killed and four large insurgents' weapons and ammunition depots were destroyed after U.S.-led NATO coalition forces launched an airstrike in Afghanistan's northern province of Baghlan overnight, an Afghan army source said Saturday.

The strike was launched against a Taliban hideout near Aka Khil village, Dahana-i-Ghori district Friday night, Hanif Rezai, spokesman of army Corps 209 Shaheen based in the region, told Xinhua.

The initial information found 20 militants died after the strike and among those killed was a Taliban local leader, who served as commander of Taliban's Sara Ketta or Red Unit in the province, Rezai said.

The so-called Sara Ketta is the special forces of Taliban.

In a separate incident, a Taliban divisional commander named Muwlawi Salauddin, along with two associates, was killed after Afghan army commandos launched an operation in the same district late Friday night, the spokesman added.

Salauddin was also served as deputy shadow district chief for Dahana-i-Ghori.

The Taliban group, which has been waging an insurgency for more than 17 years, has yet to make comments. 

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