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1st LD-Writethru: Afghan gov't recaptures district after 10 years of Taliban rule

Xinhua, May 9, 2015 Adjust font size:

Afghan security forces recaptured Nawa district in the eastern Ghazni province and established government control there after 10 years of Taliban rule, deputy to provincial government, Mohammad Ali Ahmadi said Saturday.

"Units of national security forces after 13 days of fierce operations evicted Taliban militants from Nawa district and established government control there for the first time in the past 10 years," Ahmadi told reporters here.

During the operations 173 militants have been killed and a large quantity of arms and ammunitions including 200 pieces of anti-personnel mines have been discovered and defused, the official added.

Taliban militants have yet to make comment. Endi