[Tolo News] At least, 17 Taliban hard boys including two sons of Taliban shadow governor in Badghis were killed, 17 others were maimed in an offensive launched by Afghan security forces in southern AfghanistanThe operation is part of the efforts to wash out the Taliban from villages and districts of the province and to secure the upcoming parliamentary poll.
"The ground operation was launched two days ago in Bezbie, a village in southern Badghis province. Still we are trying to find the Taliban remaining corpses," said a spokesperson for a southern Afghan military compound, Najibullah Najibi.
Afghan security forces have not received any damages in the operation so far.
A local Taliban commander, Mullah Abdul Hakim and two sons of Mullah Abdul Rahman Haqani, the Taliban shadow governor for Badghis, were also among the dead, military officials said.
According to our intelligence reports, ten other Taliban hard boys have hidden in the village and they will be followed by our forces, Najibi said.
Early in July, the Afghan Ministry of Interior Affairs in a round-up indicated that in total 672 hard boys were killed, 76 were maimed and 127 others were detained in Afghan conflict.