Sixty-eight militants killed, wounded in coordinated air, ground operations in Afghanistan
Kabul, Apr 19 (IBNS) : The Afghanistan Government has claimed that 68 militants have been killed or wounded during the coordinated air and ground operations in various provinces of the country in the past 24 hours.
Local Khaama Press has quoted Gen Mohammad Radmanish, spoekesperson for the Ministry of Defence as saying that a total of 31 militants were killed ad 37 others were wounded during the operations.
Gen. Radmanish further added that the operations were conducted in Nangarhar, Kunar, Kapisa, Paktia, Paktika, Logar, Khost, Uruzgan, Faryab, Balkh, and Helmand provinces.
He said at least 11 of the militants were killed in Nejrab district of Kapisa, 15 were killed in Moqor, Waghez, and Andar districts of Ghazni, and 5 others were killed in Sherin Tagab district of Faryab.
According to Gen. Radmanish, the Afghan army engineering teams also defused 24 improvised explosive devices.
Gen. Radmanish also added that 15 operations are underway in 11 provinces of the country at the moment as commando forces have conducted 66 operations while Afghan Air Force has carried out one airstrike during the same period.
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