Visit Indian Travel Sites
Goa,
Kerala,
Tamil Nadu,
Andhra Pradesh,
Delhi,
Rajasthan,
Uttar Pradesh,
Himachal Pradesh,
Assam,
Sikkim,
Madhya Pradesh,
Jammu & Kashmir
Karnataka
|
27 insurgents killed in eastern Afghanistan | A total of 27 Taliban insurgents were killed in an operation carried out by the Afghan forces and NATO-led coalition troops early Wednesday morning in eastern Afghan province
of Logar, a provincial government spokesman said. "Based on intelligence, a unit
of Afghan and coalition special operation force, backed by gunships, conducted
an operation against a Taliban hideout in Baraki Barak district in wee hours Wednesday,
killing 27 armed insurgents," spokesman Din Mohammad Darwish told Xinhua. He said
several foreign armed forces, affiliated with Taliban, were among the killed militants.
Meantime, the NATO-led coalition or International Security Assistance Force (ISAF)
confirmed that several insurgents were killed in Logar province, some 60 km south
of capital Kabul . "An Afghan and coalition security force conducted an operation
to detain a Taliban leader in Baraki Barak district, Logar province, today. The
leader plans and participates in attacks against Afghan and coalition forces throughout
the province," the ISAF said in a press release issued here. During the operation,
insurgents attacked the Afghan and coalition troops with small-arms fire and a
grenade. The security force returned fire and requested a precision air strike,
the ISAF release said, adding "As a result of the operation, multiple insurgents
were killed and the Afghan and coalition security force seized several weapons
and a quantity of explosives," "While conducting a follow-on assessment, the security
force discovered two women who had sustained non-life-threatening injuries. The
security force provided medical assistance and transported both women to an ISAF
medical facility for treatment," However, the Taliban insurgent group, which announced
the launching of a spring offensive from May 3 against Afghan and NATO forces,
has not to make comments yet. Afghan forces and some 130,000 NATO-led ISAF troops
have intensified cleanup operations against Taliban and other militant groups
throughout the country recently as spring and summer, known as "fighting season"
draw near. Records kept by Xinhua, based on figures released by Afghan Interior
Ministry, reveals that more than 360 insurgents have been killed, 108 wounded
and nearly 400 others detained since May 1 during military operations across the
insurgency-hit country.
|
|
|
|
|
|