KABUL, (PNA/Xinhua) — Afghan police backed by the army have killed 17 Taliban fighters during series of operations across the country over the past 24 hours, Interior Ministry said in a statement released here on Saturday.
According to the statement, the operations were carried out in Ghor, Farah, Herat, Paktiya, Khost, Maidan Wardak, Uruzgan, Zabul, Kandahar, Balkh, Parwan and Nangarhar provinces, during which the troops, in addition to killing 17 armed militants, have also injured five more Taliban and captured 12 others.
The statement did not say if there were any casualties on the security forces. Taliban militants have yet to make comment.