By KUNA
Kabul : Several militants were killed and 10 detained and two civilians injured in an ongoing military operation against Taliban in Helmand province of Afghanistan, the US-led coalition troops said on Monday.
“The combined force of Afghan and coalition members conducted a search of compounds in the Musa Qala district targeting people associated with an insurgent weapons facilitator believed to have been killed in an earlier coalition forces’ precision strike in the area,” said the statement released from Bagram base here.
The combined force detained 10 people suspected of having links to insurgent weapons facilitation networks. The detainees will be questioned regarding their involvement in weapons facilitation operations as well as other extremist activities, it added.
The military said the Afghan and coalition forces came under small-arms fire from several militants on one of the compounds while conducting their search of the area. Using a combination of accurate, conventional munitions and small arms, the combined force returned fire, killing the militants.
“Afghan and Coalition forces also performed an assessment of the precision munitions strike, finding several deceased militants at the impact site,” the military claimed.
Two injured teenaged males were also found during the assessment. They were shifted to a medical facility for treatment. The NATO and Afghan forces are conducting an operation in Musa Qala district of Helmand province to dislodge Taliban from the district, which was captured from Afghan government by the militants some 10 months back.