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Afghan police kill 8 militants

Xinhua, December 1, 2015 Adjust font size:

Units of police backed by the army have killed eight Taliban militants during a series of operations conducted in different provinces over the past 24 hours, the Interior Ministry said in a statement released here Tuesday.

During the operations which covered parts of Nangarhar, Laghman, Parwan, Takhar, Kunduz and Faryab provinces, another six insurgents were injured and six others arrested, the statement asserted.

The statement didn't say if there were casualties on security personnel. Taliban militants are yet to make comments. Enditem