[Tolo News] Twenty Taliban hard boys were killed and dozens were wounded in operations conducted by Afghan forces in the eastern Laghman province on Tuesday"In operations conducted in Badbakh village in Laghman, 20 bad boys were killed and numerous others were injured," the Police Chief of Laghman, Azizullah Gharanai told TOLOnews reporter.
Meanwhile, Zabihullah Mujahid, a front man for Taliban, told TOLOnews that they had killed 27 Afghan and foreign soldiers in these operations that were launched by foreign troops.
He added that they had jugged 13 Afghan soldiers from the battlefield, a claim denied by the provincial police chief.
"We were ambushed by the Taliban and I don't know how many of my fellow soldiers have been killed or wounded," an Afghan injured soldier who has been taken to Laghman Public hospital told TOLOnews reporter.
Afghan and foreign troops target Taliban hideouts in the country's volatile regions in an effort to wipe out bad boys.