Over 76 terrorist killed in clean-up operations in Afghanistan
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Kabul, January 13: Afghanistan forces have killed 76 terrorists and 14 militants were arrested during raids eight provinces on Friday. Taliban has not commented on the report so far.
The Afghanistan defense ministry said in a statement, three key Taliban commanders including Ehsanullah, Haidar and Qahraman were among those killed in the offensives, in the past 24 hours.
The military operations were conducted in Nangarhar, Laghman, Nuristan, Ghazni, Uruzgan, Herat, Faryab and Jawzjan provinces, the ministry said.
The ministry said several hideouts of terrorists and their weapons were destroyed during the military operations.
The ministry did not mention about possible casualties to security forces or civilian in the operations.
The mission included six special operations and nine clearance operations in eight provinces, the ministry said. The Afghan Air Force conducted 93 flights during this mission.
