Five Taliban Militants Killed in Afghanistan


(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Five Taliban militants were killed, three others were injured and three others also detained in joint operations launched by Afghan security forces and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan (ISAF) during the past twenty-four hours in different regions of the country. Afghanistan's Interior Ministry said in a statement today that Afghan forces carried out with ISAF several joint operations in the regions of Badakhshan, Jawzjan, Balkh, Maidan Wardak and Logar killing five Taliban militants, wounding three and arresting three others The statement added that large quantities of heavy and light weapons were seized during the operations However, the statement did not say if there were any casualties on the security forces.


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