The operations were conducted by Afghan and foreign forces in Kunar, Nangarhar, Kunduz, Maidan Wardak, Logar, Paktia and Helmand provinces, a statement from the ministry said.
One Kalashnikov, 18 different weapons, a rocket launcher, a radio handset, 70 rounds, five landmines, 350 kilograms of explosives and two motorbikes were seized during the offensives.
According to the statement, 144 kg of heroin were seized by counternarcotics police in southern Zabul province. Two kidnappers were held in eastern Nangarhar province, bordering Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber tribal region.
In central Maidan Wardak, four militants were killed in the Baghak area of Syedabad district on Sunday night, said Shahidullah Shahid, the governor's spokesman. He told Pajhwok Afghan News another rebel was injured in the raid.
He said security forces opened fire on armed robbers in Kaj Qala area on Kabul-Kandahar highway, injuring six of them. He said two stolen vehicles were also captured from them.
In western Farah province, three rebels were killed and five others injured in the Nangabad village of Khak-i-Safid district on Sunday night, said Abdul Khaliq Noorzai, the town's administrative head. The clash took place after the fighters attacked a police check-post.
A Taliban spokesman, Qari Yousaf Ahmadi, said several policemen were killed in the Nangabad assault. He would not go into details.
Another guerrilla was killed in Bala Baluk district, said Abdul Rahman Zhwandai, the governor's spokesman.
Elsewhere, a Pakistani citizen was detained on the charge of plotting an attack on the Pul-i-Charkhi prison on the eastern outskirts of Kabul, the interior ministry said. The detainee was identified as Tarifullah, son of Wali Gul, a resident of Swabi district.
A member of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam party for the past seven years, Gul confessed to receiving militant training in Mardan district. He was allegedly involved in roadside bomb attacks on Afghan and international troops in eastern Nangarhar province.
from Pajhwok
by Pajhwok ReportonSep 17, 2012 - 16:25
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