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Afghan combat operations cost Taliban 31 dead
At least 31 Taliban fighters were killed in air and ground operations carried out by Afghan security forces in Kunduz and Faryab provinces – in Afghanistan’s northeast – in the past 24 hours, the 209 Shaheen Corps Headquarters said in a statement on Saturday. According to the statement, the operation in Faryab was conducted from the air and by ground troops in Bazar Qala, Bukhari Qala villages and Dawlat Abad as well as Khwaja Sabzposh and Kohistan districts where nine Taliban were killed and two others were wounded. The statement said the operation in Kunduz was carried out in Korblaq village in Aqtash district where 22 Taliban, including a key commander of the group known as Allah Dad, were killed and eight others were wounded. Posted by: badanov 2017-09-24 |
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