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| Afghanistan |
| 11 Taliban militants killed, 12 others detained in Afghan operations |
| 2014-03-27 |
| [The Peninsula] At least 11 Talibs were killed during military operations by Afghan national security forces in various provinces of Afghanistan during the past 24 hours. The operations were conducted in Nangarhar The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country.. , Badakhshan, Balkh, Maidan Wardak, Pashtun-infested Logar, Ghazni, Paktiya, Herat ...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns... and Helmand ...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan... provinces of Afghanistan, reported the Khaama press on Wednesday. Afghan national police forces conducted the operations in cooperation with the Afghan army and Afghan intelligence National Directorate of Security (NDS) operatives. Interior ministry of Afghanistan following a statement said Wednesday that 11 Talibs were killed during the military operations. The statement further added that 2 Talibs were maimed and 12 others were also detained by Afghan cops. Interior ministry also added in its statement that Afghan national security forces seized heavy and light weapons and ammunition during the operations. Afghan national police forces discovered and seized six improvised bomb (IED) during military operations in Ghazni, Kandahar and Balkh provinces. The IEDS were planted by Talibs to carry out insurgency attacks, interior ministry added in its statement. |
| Posted by:Fred |