...the Pashtun equivalent of men...murderous Moslems were killed during an operation conducted by Afghan National Defense and Security Forces in southern Helmand
...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan...
province.
ANDSF launched the operation close to 1st and 601 highways in Nahre-Saraj district of Helmand province.
Despite claims of severing ties, these al-Qaeda members were killed along the Taliban fighters during the battle.
Moreover, security forces have killed seven Talibs and destroyed a number of weapons belonging to the group in the Qarabagh district of Ghazni province.
MoD also reported inflicting casualties on the Taliban in the Imam Saheb district of Kunduz province, in an operation ANDSF targeted a Taliban gathering in Boz-Bai and Naseri-Bai areas of the district in which four Taliban including their commander were killed and further seven others were maimed.