KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): At least 16 militants, including a local commander, have been killed and two others wounded during a clearing operation in Maiwand and Ghorak districts of southern Kandahar province, an official said on Monday.
Separately, a child was killed in a mortar shell explosion in the Zherai district of the province, bordering Pakistan, Samim Khpalwak, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News.
A dozen insurgents perished in Maiwand and four others in Ghorak, the official said, adding security . . .
