KANDAHAR (Pajhwok): Security forces killed 18 Taliban militants, injured several others and detained another 19 during last night operations in the Shah Walikot district of southern Kandahar province, an official said on Thursday.
The governor’s spokesman, Aziz Ahmad Azizi, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the operations involving special forces unit were carried out in Zangal area from 7pm Wednesday until 4am Thursday morning.
Backed by air support, the special forces killed 18 militants, captured 19 alive and injured several others, he said, adding the dead rebels . . .
