MAIMANA (Pajhwok): Twenty-eight insurgents, including notorious commanders, have been killed and hundreds of families displaced by the ongoing fighting in the Pashtoonkot district of northwestern Faryab province, an official said on Monday.
Maj. Reza Rezaee, spokesman for the Shahin Military Corps, told Pajhwok Afghan News scores of rebels had been killed during the clearing operation codenamed Shamsher-25, spearheaded by First Vice President Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum.
The offensive kicked off two days back, he said, adding that arm, police and personnel from the National Directorate of Security were taking part in it.
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