(Xinhua) -- Afghan forces with NATO air support killed 25 Taliban insurgents in an operation from Friday to Saturday in Malik Shahi district of Paktika province of eastern Afghanistan, a local Afghan officer told Xinhua Saturday on condition of anonymity. The officer said three Afghan troops and one NATO solider were also injured in the operation, adding four Taliban militants were arrested. However, Paktika governor Akram Khpalwak told Xinhua that he only saw two Taliban bodies in the district on Saturday. Maybe there were other Taliban casualties, but he had no information about it, he added. He also said four Afghan and four NATO soldiers were wounded inoperations in the province on Friday. Paktika has been a hotbed of Taliban and other militants, who clash with government and foreign forces frequently.
