By Khaama Press / in Afghanistan / on Saturday, 05 Oct 2019

The Afghan Special Forces killed 3 Taliban militants and arrested 15 others during the operations in four provinces in the past 24 hours.

According to military officials, the Special Forces conducted the operations in Charkh and Baraki Bark districts of Logar, Chahar Bolak of Balkh, Khash Rod of Nimroz and Khas Uruzgan district of Uruzgan province.

The officials further added that the Special Forces also destroyed multiple caches of weapons during the same operations.

The officials also added that the Special Forces killed the 3 Taliban militants in Khas Uruzgan of Uruzgan province.

The Taliban group has not commented regarding the operations so far.

Meanwhile, RFE/RL reports, Taliban fighters have killed six Afghan police officers at a checkpoint in the province of Kapisa to the northeast of Kabul, Afghan officials say.

According to provincial councilors Mohammad Hussain Sanjani and Mohammd Mahfooz Safi, three police officers were also wounded during the Taliban’s overnight attack in the remote Nejrab district.

They said the Taliban had established a presence in part of Nejrab district and occasionally attack checkpoints there.

Meanwhile, the police chief for Zareh district in the northern Balkh Province died on the evening of October 4 from injuries he sustained in a recent Taliban attack.

The attacks came as Taliban negotiators announced that they met in Islamabad with Zalmay Khalilzad, the U.S. peace envoy for Afghanistan, for the first time since President Donald Trump in September called the peace process “dead.”

Based on reporting by Reuters, AP, AFP, and dpa

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