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were killed in Maiwand and Zherai districts of Kandahar province.
The Taliban fighters were killed before attacking ANDSF positions in the region, MoD stated the gunnies were "planning to attack" the Afghan national defense force’s positions.
Meanwhile MoD tweeted, 16 Talibs were killed and 11 others are injured as the defense forces showed retaliation over Taliban offensives in NAWA and Nad-Ali districts of Helmand
...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan...
province.
According to MOD, the Taliban planted 9 IEDs on the public roads which were later discovered and defused by the ANA
MoD tweeted "9 IEDs which were placed on public roads were discovered and defused by ANA during reciprocal operation".
In a separate incident, 2 Taliban affiliated members were killed and three others were maimed in the reciprocal attacks by the Afghan cops in DOSHI district of Baghlan province on Tuesday night.
A large number of Death Eater’s ammunition and weapons were seized following the reciprocal attacks.
The same night in the 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..
province, 5 Taliban were killed after they attacked ANDSF outposts, MoD said in a tweet.
This comes as Taliban attacks in Koh-Zor district of Herat
...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns...
province were repulsed by the ANA, resulting in 11 Taliban deaths and a large amount of their ammunition and weapons were also destroyed during ANA reciprocal offensives.