Roundup: Afghan battle claims 38 lives including 10 police within day
Xinhua, January 26, 2016 Adjust font size:
Afghan militancy and counter-militancy have claimed four dozen lives with majority of them militants elsewhere in the conflict-ridden country in a single day on Tuesday, officials said.
The government forces in crackdown against militants launched major offensive against Taliban bastion in Dand-e-Ghori district of the northern Baghlan province early Tuesday and during the continuing operation which 18 armed insurgents have been killed, provincial governor Abdul Sattar Bariz told Xinhua.
He also confirmed that three more militants and a government soldier have been injured during the ongoing operations in Dand-e-Ghori district.
Taliban militants, however, are yet to make comment on the situation in Dand-e-Ghori district.
Similar operations, against Taliban fighters in Khogiani district of the eastern Ghazni province on Tuesday have left 10 militants including a group commander Mullah Sharif dead, provincial police spokesman, Fahim Amiri told Xinhua.
Taliban militants however confirmed the clash, saying militants have been fighting the government forces in Khogiani district over the past two days.
In another violent incident, a Taliban loyalist disguised himself as police personnel, first poisoned and then killed 10 police personnel in a checkpoint in Chinarto district of the southern Uruzgan province early Tuesday and made his good escape to join Taliban rank, local officials said. Enditem