Five Insurgents Killed, 35 Captured across Afghanistan

At least five insurgents were killed and 35 others have been captured across Afghanistan in the past 24 hours, the Afghan Ministry of Interior said Sunday.

Sixteen separate Afghan national police operations to clear areas of insurgents were undertaken across 10 provinces - Kapisa, Faryab, Kandahar, Helmand, Maidan, Wardak, Ghazni, Logar, Khost and Paktia, the Ministry said in a statement.

No other information about the operations or those who were killed was given, apart from a mention that the police forces seized many weapons during the procedures.

Joint military forces also seized some weapons and ammunitions including a rocket propelled grenade launcher, a machine gun, a missile, 4 magazines of ammunitions along with 4 motorcycles being used by the militants, officials said.

Afghan interior ministry officials also added, Afghan police forces cleared more than 1,033 acres of land from opium at Helmand province.

from TOLO and KHAAMA

Posted in: Afghan National Police, Afghanistan, Ghazni, Helmand Province, Kandahar, Kapisa Province, Khost, Wardak Province