JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Nearly 2,500 hectrare farm land in the Batikot district of eastern Nangarhar province has been cleared from the Taliban presence after security forces operation supported by local upraising groups, an official said.
District Chief Abdul Wahab Momand told Pajhwok Afghan News a joint military operation led by Afghan National Army was successfully underway in the district.
He said around 2,500 hectres land of the Canalization Department in the second farm area was completely freed of the Taliban interference.
During the operation . . .
