KABUL: Taliban militants have suffered heavy casualties in southeastern Khost and central Uruzgan province during clearing operations.
The Afghan Ministry of Interior (MoI) said in a statement Wednesday at least 28 Taliban militants were killed and 47 others were injured during the operations.
The statement further added the operations were jointly conducted by Afghan national police, Afghan national army and Afghan intelligence national directorate of security (NDS) forces, according to the Afghan (Khaama Press).
Other provinces, including Laghman, Kunduz, Nangarhar, Badakhshan, Balkh, Kandahar, Zabul and Paktia provinces were also covered during the clearing opertions, MoI said.
The statement by MOI also added that various types of weapons, ammunition and explosives, including 23 rounds of improvised explosive device (IED) were also confiscated during the operations.
The anti-government armed militant groups have not commented regarding the report so far. (QNA)
