MAIMANA (Pajhwok): Four Taliban insurgents have been killed in an operation aimed at securing the highway between Maimana and Mazar-i-Sharif in northwestern Faryab province, an official said on Wednesday.
Col. Amir Mohammad Fazli, commander the 209th Shaheen Military Corps first brigade, said the operation was launched on Tuesday to reopen the highway and establish security check-posts.
The Afghan Air Force also supported the security forces, he said, adding four militants involved in attacking several areas were killed by their own mortar shell in Khwaja . . .
