151 Taliban Insurgents Were Killed!    

Kabul, Afghanistan: In the past 24 hours, Afghan National Defense and Security Forces, in order to remove security threats and destroying sanctuaries of enemies, ANDSF launched 89 joint clearance operations and conducted 89 Commandos, Special Forces operations in different parts of the country, Afghan Air Forces conducted 176 flights and carried out 24 airstrikes on enemies’ positions in support of these operations. As a result, 151 Insurgents were killed, 75 were wounded and 5 were detained.

These operations were conducted with support of Resolute Support and Afghan Air Forces in, Faryab, Badghis, Farah, Paktia, Wardak, Ghazni, Takhar, Helmand, Kapisa, Khost, Logar, Nimruz, Herat, Balkh, and Sir-e Pol provinces.

Faryab: 53 insurgents were killed, 37 were wounded, 3 were detained and amount of weapon and ammunition were destroyed in airstrikes and clearing operations in Pashtun Kot, Qaramqol, Shirin Tagab, Andkhoy and Dawlat Abad districts of Faryab province.

Badghis: 32 insurgents were killed, 32 were wounded, 3 amount of weapon and ammunition, 50 hand grenades and a binocular were seized in response attacks in Bala Murghab district of Badghis province

Farah: 28 insurgents were killed, 9 were wounded, 3 motorbikes and a hideout were destroyed in airstrikes Deh-ak e Kalan village, capital of Farah province.

Paktia: 9 insurgents were killed, 5 were wounded in Special Forces Joint clearing operations in Samkanay district of Paktia province.  

Zabul: 8 insurgents were killed, 12 were wounded and amount of weapon and ammunition were confiscated in response attacks in Mizan district of Zabul province.

Wardak: 8 insurgents were killed, 3 were wounded and 4 motorbikes were destroyed in airstrikes in Sayyad Abad district and capital of Wardak province.

Ghazni: 6 insurgents were killed, 4 were wounded and a vehicle was destroyed in airstrikes and response attacks in Muqur and Andar districts of Ghazni province.

Takhar: 5 insurgents were killed, 3 were wounded, 2 vehicles, 2 motorbikes were seized, and Khan e Aziz, DuRah-e Sheikh Ali, Qalbras, Qabar Qazi, Chanzaiye and Bodala were cleared from enemies presense in clearing operations in Baharak district of Takhar province.

Helmand: 2 insurgents were killed in airstrikes in Garmsir district of Helmand province and the clearing operation continues in Nahar Saraj and Sangin districts.

Kapisa: 2 insurgents were arrested, 8 mobile and one ID-Tazkera were seized in Joint Special Forces in Nijrab district of Kapisa province.