By Xinhua,
Kabul : At least 11 militants were killed during an offensive by the US-led coalition forces in Afghanistan’s Kabul province, a coalition statement said Wednesday.
The operation launched Tuesday in Surobi district targeted a senior commander of the Hizb-e-Islami Gulbuddin (HIG) network wanted for trafficking weapons and fighters, the statement said.
Coalition forces engaged the militants and called in close-air precision munitions, killing 11 of them, the statement said, adding that no civilian casualties were reported.
The forces also recovered a huge cache of arms and amunitions from the site during the search operation following the gun battle.
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