KABUL: Taliban opponents have killed 12 protection forces in the final forty eight hours in ongoing combating in Afghanistan’s western province of Badghis, the defence ministry stated Monday.
in the modern day attack on Afghan forces — who’ve faced devastating losses in current years — Taliban fighters ultimate week smashed through government lines close to the town of Bala Murghab, seizing several checkpoints.
“it is with excellent disappointment we announce that during these operations, eight Afghan country wide army and 4 police who fought with bravery and courage well-known martyrdom,” the defence ministry said in a statement.
every other 10 soldiers and 24 police were wounded within the operation that killed “ninety nine Taliban terrorists,” it delivered.
Clearance operations retain in the district, officials stated, and protection forces helped red cross workers evacuate the our bodies of Taliban combatants that were left on battlefields.
Jamshid Shahabi, the spokesperson for the Badghis governor, instructed AFP that combating persevered close to the district’s fundamental market.
Afghan and US-led aircraft were hanging Taliban positions, he said.
“they have suffered heavy casualties.”–HADISA