Monday, April 18, 2016
Kabul (BNA) At least 6 militants were killed and 3 others were wounded in an airstrike carried out by the Afghan Air Force in western Farah province of Afghanistan.
The Ministry of Defense (MoD) said the airstrike was carried out in Posht-e-Rod district of Farah.
MoD further added that another operation is being conducted in Bala Murghab district in the west of the country.
The anti-government armed militant groups have not commented regarding the reports so far.
Farah is among the relatively volatile provinces in western Afghanistan where anti-government armed militant groups are actively operating in a number of its districts and often carry out insurgency activities.
The Afghan forces have stepped up counter-terrorism operations amid deteriorating security situation in the country.
The increase in operations comes amid rampant Taliban-led insurgency as the group announced its spring offensive last week.
The increasing raids against the militant groups follow as the government’s efforts to encourage the insurgent groups for peaceful settlement of the violence has not yielded any positive result so far.
