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Afghan forces kill 12 insurgents in northern Badakhshan province
FAIZABAD, Afghanistan, June 3, 2018 (BSS/Xinhua) – A total of 12 armed
insurgents have been killed and 14 others wounded in military operations in
northern Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province over the past 24 hours, Mohammad
Hanif Rezai, spokesman for the army’s 209 Shaheen Corps in northern region
said Sunday.
Afghan army units, according to the official, launched cleanup operations
in Kohistan district of Badakhshan province on Saturday.
There were no casualties on security personnel in the ongoing operations,
the official said, adding that the crackdown would last until the militants
are wiped out from the area.
Taliban militants are yet to make comment on the clash.
BSS/XINHUA/FI/ 1508 hrs