By IANS,
Kabul : A total of 35 Taliban militants have been killed and 30 wounded during security operations launched across Afghanistan since Tuesday, the Afghan interior ministry said Wednesday.
“Afghan police supported by the army and NATO-led coalition forces launched several cleanup operations in Kunduz, Kandahar, Zabul, Uruzgan and Helmand provinces over the past 24 hours.
“As a result 22 armed Taliban were killed, 23 wounded and seven other armed Taliban were arrested,” reported Xinhua citing a government statement.
Earlier Wednesday, 13 Taliban militants were killed and seven wounded when the police forces conducted an operation in Kamdish district in Nuristan province, 180 km from Kabul, the ministry added.
It also said that a policeman was killed and another policeman was wounded in the operations which began early Wednesday in the province.
There was no immediate comment from the Taliban.