[Quqnoos] Ministry of Interior Affairs (MOI) officials say they have detained 76 insurgents in different parts of Afghanistan over the past weekYou just know that's gonna screw up the peace process.
The statistic reports, which were provided by the MOI, indicate that 176 people were killed during the past week and more than 136 of them were militants.
Zemarai Bashari, spokesperson for the MOI, addressed the reporters in a press conference and said that 29 civilians were killed during the previous week - a 36 percent decrease in this trend.
The remarks come as four civilians were killed and fourteen others were wounded Sunday in Kandahar when a car carrying de-miners struck an IED.
Twelve Afghan Police were killed last week, and this shows a significant increase in ANP deaths compared with other weeks, said MOI officials.
"The enemy attacks unfortunately compared with other past weeks have increased 4 percent," said Zemarai Bashari, spokesperson for the MOI.
The MOI officials said that ANP forces managed to discover and dismantle more than 130 bombs and IEDs in the country within the last week.