TIRINKOT (Pajhwok): At least 38 Taliban insurgents have been killed and 12 police wounded during an ongoing operation in the capital of central Uruzgan province, officials said on Wednesday.
Uruzgan police chief Brig. Gen. Ghulam Farooq Sangari told Pajhwok Afghan News the joint operation was launched yesterday for capturing Kotwal area of Tirinkot, the provincial capital. The offensive is still underway.
He said about 38 insurgents, including five commanders, had been so killed far during the offensive and 18 others wounded.
Sangari identified the slain . . .
