(MENAFN) The Afghan military said on Saturday that, at least 24 Taliban militants died and 17 other were injured in guided missile strikes in Afghanistan's southern Uruzgan region.
Army Corps 201 Selab said in a statement without disclosing the exact time of the strikes that, Based on intelligence reports, 24 Taliban militants were killed and 17 others wounded in guided missile strikes in Khas Uruzgan district, Uruzgan province.
The statement did not state if the strike was launched by the NATO-led coalition forces or the Afghan army.
The statement also added that, the strikes shattered a number of weapons, ammunition and explosive materials.
Fighting rages across the war-torn country and clashes between security forces and Taliban have been continuing in more than 20 out of the country's 34 provinces since early April when the Taliban started an annual offensive.
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