<p>LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): A dozen militants have been killed, three captured alive and six others wounded in separate clearing operations in southern Helmand province, an official said on Tuesday.</p>
<p>Maj. Abdul Qader Bahaderzai, spokesmen for the 215th Maiwand Military Corps, told Pajhwok Afghan News that security forces targeted <a href="/en/taliban" class="glossify-link">Taliban</a> hideouts in Greshk district late on Monday night.</p>
<p>He said four rebels were killed, three held alive and their weapons, ammunition and mines factory were destroyed during the overnight offensive.</p>
<p>Separately, five insurgents have killed and two others wounded in the Syedan locality of the district, the spokesman said.</p>
<p>During a joint four-day operation, at least three Taliban were killed and two others wounded in the Nada Alai district of the province, he concluded.</p>
<p>Police spokesman Lt. Abdul Salaam Afghan confirmed the operations and causalities inflicted on the insurgents in Greshk, Nahr-i-Saraj and Nad Ali districts.</p>
<p>But Mohammad Wali, a resident of the Charahi Mirza area of Nada Ali district, confirmed the arrival of reinforcements in the village, which has been under Taliban control over the past two years.</p>
<p>He said security forces had constructed a new check-post in the village.</p>
<p>On the other hand, Taliban spokesman Qari Yousuf Ahmadi rejected the security forces’ advance in Nand Ali and claimed inflicting heavy causalities on government forces in Naw Roz area.</p>
<p>pk/mud</p>
