JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Local officials on Saturday said heavy casualties had been inflicted on militants in counterattacks in the Hesarak district of eastern Nangarhar province, while the Taliban claimed capturing the town.
Nangarhar police spokesman Hazrat Hussain Mashriqiwal, told Pajhwok Afghan News a large number of insurgents, including foreigners, suffered casualties after the arrival of reinforcements in the district.
On the other hand, the governor’s spokesman, Attaullah Khogyani, said 41 militants had been killed and a large number of others wounded in security forces’ retaliatory attacks.
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