(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Kabul April 27 -At least five militants including foreign nationals were killed following an operation in eastern Paktika province of Afghanistan.
According to the local government officials the militants were killed during operations by Afghan Local Police (ALP) force in Sar-e-Rawza district Khaama press reported Sunday.
Provincial security chief Gen. Nabi Jan Mullah Khel said the operations were conducted late Saturday.
Gen. Mullah Khel further added that a Pakistani rebel along with a militant from Turkmenistan was among those killed during the operations.
He said an Afghan policeman was slightly injured during the operation but local residents did not suffer any casualties.
Paktika is among the relatively volatile provinces in eastern Afghanistan where anti-government armed militants including the Taliban militants are active in a number of its districts.(QNA
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