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Afghan police kill 26 militants in 24 hours: MoI

Xinhua, April 6, 2015 Adjust font size:

Units of national police backed by the army have killed 26 Taliban fighters during series of operations across the conflict-ridden Afghanistan over the past 24 hours, said a statement of Ministry of Interior released here Monday.

During the operations which have been conducted in Nangarhar, Kunduz, Sar-e-Pul, Kandahar, Maidan Wardak, Logar, Farah and Helmand provinces, 34 more militants were wounded and six others arrested, the statement said.

Units of police have also discovered a number of arms and ammunitions during the operations, the statement further said.

It didn't say if there were casualties on security personnel.

Taliban have yet to make comment. Endi