| Afghan police kill 14 insurgents, detain 35 |
| English.news.cn 2011-08-24 16:14:06 |
KABUL, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Afghan police backed by the army and NATO-led troops have eliminated over a dozen anti-government militants and captured nearly three dozen others, the Interior Ministry of Afghanistan said in a press release issued here on Wednesday.
"Afghan National Police with the assistance of the Afghan army and Coalition forces have killed 14 armed insurgents and captured 35 others during 16 joint and independent operations across the country over the past 24 hours," the statement asserted.
Three more insurgents sustained injuries, it said. However, it did not say if there were any casualties on the troops.
These operations had been carried out in Parwan, Kandahar, Helmand, Maidan Wardak, Logar, Khost, Ghazni, Paktiya and Herat provinces during which a large number of light and heavy weapons had also been sized, according to the statement.
Taliban militants fighting Afghan and NATO-led troops have yet to make comment.
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