By IANS,
Kabul: Afghan security forces killed four militants and arrested five others in a raid on Taliban hideouts in parts of the central Wardak province Friday night, authorities said in a statement released here Saturday.
“The security forces stormed Taliban hideouts in Nurkh, Jaghato and Sayedabad districts last night killing four rebels, detaining five others,” Xinhua reported quoting the statement.
Three more militants sustained injuries during the operations, the statement further said.
Taliban militants, who staged a violent comeback in 2006 and since then have been fighting the government to take over the power, have yet to make comment.