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33 militants killed in cleanup operations in Afghanistan

Xinhua, May 26, 2015 Adjust font size:

Some 33 Taliban militants have been killed as the Afghan security forces pressed ahead with offensives in restive provinces, said the country's Interior Ministry on Tuesday morning.

"In past 24 hours, Afghan National Security Forces carried out several cleanup operations in Nangarhar, Laghman, Kunduz, Badakhshan, Sari Pul, Paktika and Paktia provinces, as a result 33 armed insurgents were killed, six wounded and three others were arrested by the ANSF," the ministry said in a statement.

The ANSF also seized weapons and defused two roadside bombs planted by the militants within the same period, the statement said.

The Afghan security forces have recently intensified operations across the country as spring and summer known as the fighting season is drawing near.

The Taliban insurgent group responded with bombing and armed attacks as over two dozen security forces have been killed in clashes and attacks since early Monday, officials confirmed.

The Taliban has yet to make comments. Endi