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Afghanistan says 109 militants killed in fresh operations

Xinhua, June 16, 2015 Adjust font size:

About 109 Taliban militants have been killed in fresh military operations across Afghanistan, said the country's Defense Ministry on Tuesday morning.

"Afghan National Army (ANA) carried out operations to clean some areas from terrorists and enemies of peace and stability of Afghanistan. The operations were conducted in nine provinces out of the country's 34 provinces. As a result 109 armed terrorists were killed, 96 wounded and one other was arrested," the ministry said in a statement providing daily operational updates.

The security forces also recovered and confiscated weapons and ammunition, according to the statement.

The statement also confirmed losing one soldier during the period.

The Taliban insurgent group has yet to make comments. Endi