MAIMANA, Afghanistan, June 20 (Xinhua) -- A total of 26 militants including 16 senior and junior Taliban commanders have been killed in the beleaguered Ghormach district of the western Badghis and parts of the neighboring northern Faryab province in target attacks over the past 24 hours, an army spokesman in the northern region Mohammad Hanif Rezai said Thursday.

According to the officials, the senior commanders killed in the air raids backed by the NATO-led Resolute Support mission include Hajji Mullah the Taliban military chief for Ghormach, Mullah Abdul Rauf, Mullah Abdul Sattar, Mullah Torjan and Qari Surgul and 11 junior group commanders.

The security forces would continue to target the militants' hideouts in Ghormach and its vicinity, the Rezai further said. Taliban militants have not commented yet.