Foreign drone strikes in the past week have successfully neutralized a number of Taliban hideouts in the eastern parts of Afghanistan, said officials Wednesday.

The 201st Selab Corps of the Afghan National Army said that foreign drone strikes have been extremely effective in ridding parts of the country of insurgents – especially in Nangarhar and Kunar provinces.

According to Selab Corps officials these strikes often prove far more effective than ground attacks as it lowers the risk of civilian and security force member casualties.

A serious obstacle for ground forces is that often enemy-held territory and areas harboring insurgents are heavily mined.

"Whenever security forces are going for an operation to an area the area can be embedded by enemy mines and this creates challenges for troops. As a result, drone strikes are very effective ."

"We hope that our air force will be equipped with drones in future as we have been promised," said Mohammad Zaman commander of 201st Selab Corps.

Meanwhile, Nangarhar provincial police chief Fazl Ahmad Shirzad, said that in the past week two drone attacks took place in the area – killing at least 30 Taliban.

"Our air strikes which are organizing by foreign forces are effective and eliminate the enemy. This also saves civilians and security force members as casualties are much lower," said Shirzad.

"We have had two separate drone attacks this month. In the first one two armed insurgents were killed and four were wounded. In a separate attack in Sarkano district a number of insurgent casualties were recorded," said Kunar province police chief Abdul Haseeb Sayedkhaili.

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