GARDEZ (Pajhwok): Taliban’s siege of the Janikhel district in southeastern Paktia has been broken and the rebels inflicted heavy casualties, an official said on Saturday.
Paktia governor’s spokesman Naqeeb Ahmad Atal told Pajhwok Afghan News the siege was broken after Special Forces and commandos reached the area.
He said the fresh forces during today’s operation killed at least 30 insurgents and injured another 15. He said 20 corpses of the insurgents were sent to the district centre and the insurgents were forced to flee . . .
