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NATO, Afghan forces kill 40 militants in Afghanistan

NATO, Afghan forces kill 40 militants in Afghanistan

KABUL – NATO-led and Afghan security forces backed by war planes killed 40 Taliban rebels in a raid in southern Afghanistan, the Afghan defence ministry said yesterday.

The rebels were killed during an operation by the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and Afghan military forces in southern Helmand province’s Greshk district on Saturday, it said in a statement. “As a result of ISAF air bombardment and a joint ground operation, 40 enemies of our people were killed,” it said.A rebel stronghold was also “totally” destroyed in the raid in which Afghan and foreign troops sustained no casualties, it added.Security forces meanwhile captured 21 suspected Taliban combatants across insurgency-hit southern and eastern Afghanistan, the ministry said in a separate statement.Eight other men were captured in southern Zabul over suspected links to extremist Taliban movement, which was toppled in a US-led offensive five years ago.Sixteen of the fighters were seized on Saturday in “clearance operations” in the eastern town of Khost, the statement said.Afghan forces arrested five more a day earlier in neighbouring Paktia province, which borders Pakistan.Afghan and foreign security forces are trying to root out the Taliban so that reconstruction of Afghanistan can push ahead.Nampa-AFP”As a result of ISAF air bombardment and a joint ground operation, 40 enemies of our people were killed,” it said.A rebel stronghold was also “totally” destroyed in the raid in which Afghan and foreign troops sustained no casualties, it added.Security forces meanwhile captured 21 suspected Taliban combatants across insurgency-hit southern and eastern Afghanistan, the ministry said in a separate statement.Eight other men were captured in southern Zabul over suspected links to extremist Taliban movement, which was toppled in a US-led offensive five years ago.Sixteen of the fighters were seized on Saturday in “clearance operations” in the eastern town of Khost, the statement said.Afghan forces arrested five more a day earlier in neighbouring Paktia province, which borders Pakistan.Afghan and foreign security forces are trying to root out the Taliban so that reconstruction of Afghanistan can push ahead.Nampa-AFP

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