By NNN-Xinhua,
Kabul : Afghan troops backed by the international forces eliminated 17 suspected Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan’s southern Zabul province, a local official said.
The mop-up occurred in Shar-e-Safa district on Friday, in which17 Taliban militants were killed and three others were captured, Faridullah Khan, a senior police officer in Zabul provincial capital Qalat, told Xinhua on Saturday.
There were no casualties on Afghan and the international troops, Khan stressed.
Taliban militants have yet to make comment.
Conflicts and related violence have claimed the lives of more than 450 people mostly civilians so far this year in Afghanistan.
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