Over 60 people killed in Afghan military clashes

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Xinhuanet
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Li Jiayao
Time
2018-11-17

KABUL, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- Fighting in the insurgency-battered Afghanistan has claimed 66 lives, mostly Taliban fighters over the past two days, officials said Saturday.

The government forces in crackdown against militants, launched a well-coordinated offensives against Taliban in Chakhat Payen area of Ashkamesh district in the northern Takhar province early Saturday and besides recapturing several villages also killed five militants forcing the militant group to flee the area, provincial police spokesman Abdul Khalil Asir said.

According to Asir, no security personnel have been harmed in the ongoing operations.

Similarly, fighting between security forces and the Taliban group in Khan Abad district of the neighboring Kunduz province claimed the lives of 10, including seven Taliban insurgents and three police personnel on the same day Saturday.

Five more insurgents and three more security personnel sustained injuries in the fighting which lasted for few hours, Kunduz police spokesman Inamudin Rahmani said.

Moreover, during operations against Taliban hideouts in Khogiani district of the eastern Nangarhar province launched Friday night, the government forces killed 30 militants and injured several others, according to a statement of provincial administration.

The Afghan forces' operations, backed by fighting aircraft, have also killed 21 Taliban fighters and injured four others in Qarabagh district of the eastern Ghazni province since Friday, said an army statement released Saturday.

Clashes in Afghanistan have intensified as the warring sides have obviously been attempting to gain more grounds and consolidate positions ahead of snowfall and freezing winter in the mountainous country.

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