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fighters were killed in Zherai district of Kandahar province.
The Taliban affiliated members were killed before they could attack ANDSF positions in the provincial district, Ministry of Defense said in a tweet.
Similarly, 4 Taliban members were killed in the Arghandab district of Zabul province on Saturday.
The Taliban attacked ANA positions and was retaliated by the Afghan defense forces.
This comes as Counter Narcotics Police of Afghanistan arrested five suspects over drug trafficking charges.
Several separate operations were conducted in Kabul, Helmand
...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan...
& 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...
provinces.
CNPA has referred the cases to relevant authorities for further process.