TALUQAN, Afghanistan, June 15 (Xinhua) -- At least eight armed militants were killed and five others injured, after army aircraft targeted the Taliban militants in Afghanistan's northern province of Takhar on Saturday, an army spokesman said.

"Army aircrafts dropped bombs on Taliban's gathering in Eshkamish district of Takhar province early Saturday, killing eight militants and injuring five others," Abdul Hadi Jamal, an army spokesman in northern provinces told Xinhua.

Taliban militants who have besieged the strategically important Eshkamsih district over the past few days have yet to make comment.