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11 Taliban militants killed in Afghanistan

Published: 09 Oct 2013 - 10:39 am | Last Updated: 30 Jan 2022 - 08:32 am


KABUL: Eleven Taliban militants were killed in joint operations launched by Afghan security forces and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan (ISAF) during the past twenty-four hours in different regions of the country.

Afghanistan's Interior Ministry said in a statement today that Afghan forces carried out with ISAF several joint operations in different regions of the country killing 11 Taliban militants, wounding two others and arresting eight others.

The statement added that the operations took place in Nangarhar, Kapisa, Baghlan, Jawzjan, Kandahar, Zabul, Maidan Wardak, Logar, Ghazni, Herat, Helmand, Laghman, Faryab, Oruzgan and Paktia provinces.

The security forces seized large quantities of heavy and light weapons.

However, the statement did not say if there were any casualties on the security forces. (QNA)