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| Afghanistan |
| 12 Insurgents Killed, 10 Injured in Operations |
| 2013-10-28 |
| [Tolo News] The Afghan Ministry of Interior (MoI) in a statement on Sunday confirmed 12 bully boyz were killed and 10 injured during a series of coordinated operations over the past 24-hours carried out by the Afghan National Army (ANA), Afghan National Police (ANP) and National Directorate of Security (NDS). "In the past 24-hours, Afghan National Police conducted several joint clearance operations with the cooperation of the Afghan National Army, NDS and coalition forces to clear some of the areas of hard boyz and enemies of peace and stability in Afghanistan," read the statement. The operations were conducted in Kunar, 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.. , Kandahar, Maidan Wardak, Farah, Helmand ...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan... and Nimroz provinces. The ANP reportedly confiscated light and heavy rounds of ammunition and Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) as well. "During the same 24-hour period, Afghan National Police discovered and defused three different types of mines placed by enemies of Afghanistan for destructive activities in Laghman, Takhar and Kandahar provinces," the statement added. The statement did not report any casualties amongst the Afghan forces or local civilian populations. Afghan cops have ramped up operations across the country in preparation for the upcoming 2014 elections. There are over 350,000 Afghan soldiers serving at the moment. Foreign troops are due to leave Afghanistan by the end of 2014, after handing over full security responsibility to the Afghan forces. Nevertheless, coalition and Afghan officials maintain that nearly all operational oversight has been handed over to the Afghan forces already. |
| Posted by:Fred |