By Xinhua
Kabul : The Afghan police and the US-led Coalition forces have killed 50 militants in a joint operation in Charchino district of southern Afghan province of Uruzgan, the ministry of interior said Wednesday.
The combined forces conducted the operation Tuesday and there were no casualties of the police and Coalition forces, said the ministry in a press release.
In another development, the Afghan police killed a Taliban commander and his four bodyguards in Sikzai area of Dehrawood district of Uruzgan Tuesday, it added.
The past several days have seen intensified operations against militants in southern Uruzgan, Helmand and Kandahar provinces.
Afghan and foreign forces during an air raid on a suspected Taliban hideout Monday night in Charchino district of Uruzgan killed 14 militants, provincial police commander told Xinhua Tuesday.