At least 113 militants were killed and 36 others wounded in different crackdowns within past 24 hours in Afghanistan.
In a press release issued here, Ministry of Defense, (MoD), Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with Afghan National Police (ANP) and National Directorate of Security (NDS) personal conducted joint operations against insurgents in different areas of Nangarhar, Kunar, Ghazni, Logar, Paktika, Uruzgan, Zabul, Farah, Faryab, Baghlan, Nimroz and Helmand provinces.I
In these operations 113 insurgents including three Daesh fighters and three Taliban local commanders were killed and 36 others were injured. The operation also saw the forces arrest 20 terrorists and handed over them to judicial organs for further inquiry.
In past 24 hours, eight planed clearing operations, 10 Special Forces operations conducted in seven provinces; also, Air forces conducted 88 aerial operations supporting Afghan National army including 12 strikes inflicting heavy losses on enemy’s sanctuaries.
ANA discovered and confiscated weapons and ammunition in the operations as well.
