GARDEZ (Pajhwok): At least 5,000 insurgents have suffered casualties during the past one year in southeastern provinces, a senior police official said on Saturday.
Maj. Gen. Assadullah Shirzad, the 303rd Spinghar zone police commander, told a press conference here that the Afghan security forces had inflicted heavy casualties on the Taliban in Paktia, Paktika, Khost, Logar, Ghazni, Miadan Wardak and Bamyan province, killing and wouding some 5000 rebels as a result of an operation codenamed “Zafar”.
At least 400 soldiers also suffered casualties during the year . . .
