HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): Nearly a dozen insurgents have been killed as a result of a raid and a clash in western Herat province, an official claimed on Sunday.
Jilani Farhad, the governor’s spokesman, said the casualties were inflicted on militants during an air raid and a gunbattle in Chasht-i-Sharif and Shindand districts.
He said the security forces targeted a rebel hideout in the Takht area of Chasht-i-Sharif district. Eight militants were killed and eight vehicles and weapons belonging to the militants were destroyed in the overnight strike.
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