2 Taliban killed, 26 detained in Afghanistan

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KABUL, Jan. 15 -- Security forces have killed two Taliban insurgents and detained 26 others over the past 24 hours, the Afghan Interior Ministry said on Sunday.

"Afghan National Police (ANP), Afghan National Army and Coalition Forces have launched 10 joint operations in Nangarhar, Kandahar, Helmand, Wardak, Logar and Ghazni provinces over the past 24 hours," the ministry said in a press release.

"As a result of these operations, two armed insurgents were killed, one wounded and 26 others were arrested by the ANP," it said.

The joint forces also seized a handful of weapons besides defusing 35 anti-vehicle mines in the above operations, it said.

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