TIRINKORT (Pajhwok): At least 12 Taliban militants have been killed and dozens wounded during an operation aimed at reopening the Kandahar-Uruzgan highway, officials said on Monday.
About a 75 kilometre portion of the highway has been under Taliban’s control for the past one year in the Sarkhobi and Urdu Balagh localities. The road has been shut for government officials and supply vehicles.
But a clearing operation has been underway for a week to reopen the road. An eight-kilometre area has been recaptured from the . . .
