Kabul: At least eight Taliban militants were killed and six others were injured following military operations by Afghan national security forces, the Interior Ministry said.
Afghan national police forces conducted the operations in coordination with the Afghan national army and Afghan intelligence – National Directorate of Security operatives.
The operations were conducted in Kandahar, Zabul, Uruzgan, Ghazni, Paktika and Paktiya provinces of Afghanistan in the past 24 hours, according to Afghan.
According to a statement released by the interior ministry of Afghanistan, Afghan national security forces also arrested a suspected militant during the operations.
The statement further added that Afghan security forces discovered and seized some ammunition and explosives during the operations.
Afghan police forces discovered and defused an improvised explosive device during the operation.
Thar desert to get warmer
KARACHI: The already existing water scarcity in central Pakistan’s Thar desert will exacerbate in the next three decades as the desert is going to become hotter and rainfalls are unlikely to improve remarkably, says a new study.
Titled Climate Change Scenario in Pakistan: A Case Study of Thar, Sindh, the research is part of a series of documents and toolkits being developed by the Research and Development Foundation, a non-governmental organisation, under its climate change adaptation programme being implemented in Tharparkar district.
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