[Tolo News] At least 137 Taliban murderous Moslems and three Afghan soldiers were killed in an Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) operation in eastern NangarharThe 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..
province in the past week, local officials said.
Fifty-three other murderous Moslems were maimed in the operation.
The operation launched seven days ago and is still underway in Sherzad district of the province to clear the region of murderous Moslems, said Dadan Lawang, a military commander in Nangarhar.
There were no civilian casualties during the operation, he added.
The Taliban have only confirmed the death of nine murderous Moslems during the operation.
Before this operation in Sherzad, the ANSF launched a military operation in Hesarak district of the province in which dozens of Taliban murderous Moslems were killed.
The operation in Hesarak was launched after hundreds of Taliban murderous Moslems attacked the district and began festivities with Afghan forces over a week ago.
Recently, the murderous Moslems have become active in the eastern parts of the country, frequently targeting the Afghan forces.