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More than 120 militants killed in fresh raids: Afghan gov't

Xinhua, March 4, 2015 Adjust font size:

Some 121 Taliban militants have been killed while nine others detained in fresh military operations across Afghanistan, the country's Interior Ministry said on Wednesday.

"In past 24 hours, the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) conducted several operations in Nangarhar, Takhar, Kunduz, Sari Pul, Kandahar, Zabul, Uruzgan, Ghazni, Herat, Farah and Helmand provinces. As a result 121 armed Taliban members were killed, one wounded and nine others arrested by the ANSF," the ministry said in a statement providing daily operational updates.

About 23 foreign fighters were among the killed, the statement said, adding "the Taliban suffered the heaviest casualty in Khak Afghan district of Zabul province."

The ANSF also seized weapons and defused three roadside bombs planted by the militants over the same period, the statement said, without mentioning if there were any casualties on the side of the government security forces.

Afghan security forces have assumed the full security charges from NATO and U.S. forces after the NATO-led troops switched from combat to support role since Jan. 1 this year.

The Taliban insurgent group, which has been waging an insurgency of more than one decade, has yet to make comments. Endi