QALA-I-NAW (Pajhwok): More than a dozen militants have been killed in different parts of northwestern Badghis province, officials claimed on Saturday, but the Taliban rejected the claim as groundless.
Army commander Col. Sher Ali Darbandi said they had received an intelligence report about a possible insurgent attack on the provincial capital from Aab Kamari district.
Based on the tip-off, the security personnel launched an operation the Dahna Kanaghal area of the district Friday night. At least seven Taliban were eliminated and three others wounded . . .
