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AT News Report-KABUL: At least 75 Taliban militants were killed and 24 others were wounded in different crackdowns within past 24 hours.
In a press release issued here, Ministry of Defense, (MoD)said that Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with Afghan National Police (ANP) and National Directorate of Security (NDS) personal has conducted joint operations against insurgents in different areas of Kapisa, Nangarhar , , Paktika , Laghman, Kunar , Kandahar , Uruzgan , Zabul, Faryab, Kunduz, Balkh, Sar-e-Pul and Helmand provinces.
The statement said that in these operations75 insurgents including three al-Qaeda and 18 Daesh fighters were killed and 24 others were injured.
Afghan forces also arrested 21 suspects and handed over them to judicial organs for further inquiry, statement noted.
This joint operation of the Defense Security Forces was supporting by the artillery and air forces, added statement.
ANA discovered and confiscated weapons and ammunition in the operations as well.
