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19 Insurgents Killed in Clashes Across 9 Provinces
[Tolo News] As many as 19 cut-throats have been killed in festivities with Afghan cops in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Interior (MOI) said Tuesday morning.

At least three other cut-throats were maimed and five others were nabbed
Book 'im, Mahmoud!
by Afghan National Police (ANP) as part of 11 separate operations in nine provinces.

The MOI did not disclose whether there were any security forces casualties nor if there were any Isaf forces involved in the operations which covered Kabul, Baghlan, Faryab, Kandahar, Helmand
...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan...
, Maidan Wardak, Pashtun-infested Logar, Khost, and Farah provinces.

As a result of the operations, the ANP discovered and confiscated six different types of weapons, five heavy rounds, three anti-vehicle mines, one hand grenade, 372 kilograms of opium and eight cycle of violences, the MOI said.

Menawhile, Wardak provincial front man Abdul Wali told TOLOnews at least seven cut-throats were killed during an Afghan security troops operation on Monday night.

The operation was in the capital of Wardak and aimed to clear the area of cut-thoats, he said. Security forces seized many weapons and bombs as a result, he said.

There were no Afghan and civilians casualties during the operation, he added.

Posted by: Fred 2012-05-02
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