Three Afghan Taliban killed, 32 held
December 11th, 2011 - 3:11 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Dec 11 (IANS) Three Taliban insurgents were killed and 32 arrested during a series of joint military operations carried out in various Afghan provinces over the last 24 hours, the Afghanistan interior ministry said Sunday morning.
“Afghan National Police (ANP), Afghan National Army and NATO-led coalition forces launched nine joint operations in areas surrounding Kabul, Farah, Kandahar, Helmand, Sarpul and Logar provinces over the past 24 hours, killing three armed insurgents and detaining 32 other suspected insurgents,” Xinhua quoted the Afghanistan interior ministry as stating.
The ANP also confiscated 12 AK-47 assault rifles and 10kg opium in these security operations, it said.
Over 230 insurgents had been killed and around 300 detained by joint forces in November alone, the interior ministry said.
Afghan officials often use the word “insurgents” to refer to the Taliban.
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