Afghan army soldiers have killed more than 100 Taliban militants and wounded several others in a series of clean-up operations carried out across the war-torn country over the past 24 hours.
The Afghan Defense Ministry said in a statement on Sunday that 103 militants were killed and 95 others injured in the nationwide operations.
The statement added that as many as ten militants were also arrested during the offensives, while 17 Afghan troopers also lost their lives in the process.
Afghanistan is still gripped by insecurity nearly 14 years after the United States and its allies attacked the country in 2001 as part of Washington’s so-called war on terror. Although the attack overthrew the Taliban, many areas across Afghanistan still face violence and insecurity.
