19 Taliban Insurgents Killed, Many more Wounded in clearing Operations

KABUL: (Middle East Press) according to defense officials, at least 19 Taliban insurgents were killed following afghan military operations by Afghan national army soldiers.

Gen. Zahir Azimi, spokesman for the ministry of defense said the operations were conducted in different provinces of the country during the past 24 hours.

Azimi further added that various types of weapons, ammunition and explosives including 36 rounds of improvised explosive device (IED) were also detained in the operations.

He said two Afghan national army soldiers were also martyred following improvised explosive device (IED) explosion.

No further details were given regarding the exact location where the Afghan army soldiers were killed, but Gen. Azimi said the soldiers were martyred in the past 24 hours.

Taliban insurgents group has not commented about the report yet.