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Afghanistan
25 Taliban Killed in Zabul, Uruzgan Operations: MoD
2019-12-09
[ToloNews] Afghan special forces conducted an operation in the provinces to clear bully boys, MoD said.

At least 25 Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
were killed in separate operations in southern Zabul and Uruzgan provinces, the Ministry of Defense said in a statement on Sunday.

At least 14 Taliban were killed in an Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
in Shahr-e-Safa district of Zabul, the statement said, adding that "weapons and bombs were also destroyed."

The Afghan special forces on Saturday night also launched an operation in Trinkot (Tarin Kot), capital of Uruzgan, that killed 11 Taliban including their commander "Mullah Mohammad Akbar Mutaqi," according to the statement.

"The operation was launched in Trinkot with the support of the air forces in which four Taliban strongholds, vehicles and weapons were also seized by the special forces," it said.

The Taliban have not yet commented over the operation.
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