21 killed in Afghan military operations
About 19 militants and two Afghan army soldiers were killed during military operations within the past 24 hours, the Defence Ministry said.
|||Kabul - About 19 militants and two Afghan army soldiers had been killed during military operations in countryside within the past 24 hours, the country’s Defence Ministry said on Wednesday morning.
The Afghan army, police and intelligence agency personnel carried out several joint raids in five of the country’s 34 provinces against militants’ positions, the ministry said in a statement.
“About five militants were wounded and seven others detained. The joint forces also seized weapons, a car and a motorcycle, bedsides defusing several rounds of roadside bombs and landmines,” the statement that provides daily operational updates added.
The Taliban militant group has yet to make comments.
The Taliban-led violence continues in Afghanistan.
Afghan security forces have pressed on clearing the militants in restive provinces as they assumed the full security charges from NATO-led troops since January 1, 2015.
The Taliban responds by bombing and armed attacks.
On Tuesday, two civilians were killed and 16 others wounded in two separate rocket attacks in northern Baghlan and eastern Kunar provinces.
Xinhua