Kabul (BNA) Two hundred and twenty-six Taliban insurgents were killed during operations by the country’s defense and security forces.
BNA quoted the Ministry of Defense as saying that the Taliban were killed in operations by security forces, defense forces and popular uprisings with the support of the air force in the insecure areas of Kunar, Paktia, Maidan Wardak, Kandahar, Herat, Jawzjan, Helmand, Baghlan and Kabul.
The source added that during the incidents, another 130 Taliban were wounded and a large number of their weapons were destroyed.
In the past 24 hours, the security forces has also uncovered and defused 15 Taliban-laden mines from insecure areas in a number of provinces.
- Yarzada
