The provincial government media office in a statement said the operations were conducted in Surkh Dara, Zaghni, and Roidar areas of Aryoub azai district.
The statement further added that at least 22 bully boyz were killed and 7 others were maimed during the operations which were conducted with the help of the close-air support.
According to the local officials, the dead bodies of the bully boyz are still left in the area and the corpse count could be much higher.
The operations were conducted as the bully boyz were attempting to establish safe havens after crossing from the other side of the Durand Line, Azra district of Pashtun-infested Logar, and Hesarak district of Nangarhar
The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country..
, the statement added.
According to the governor’s office, several key commanders of the bully boyz have also been killed during the operations.
In the meantime, the 203rd Thunder Corps said the
s were mainly carried out by the US forces based in Afghanistan to support the ground forces.