Afghanistan- Afghan security forces kill 61 Taliban rebels in Kandahar
(MENAFN- Afghanistan Times) AT News Report
KABUL: At least 61 Taliban fighters have been killed and 35 others received injures during in an overnight crackdown conducted by Afghan security forces in southern Kandahar province, security official said Saturday.
Ministry of Interior said these militants were killed and
wounded during a joint clearance overnight operations carried out by Afghan
National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) in Shorabak and Registan Districts
of Kandahar.
Several Taliban hideouts and vehicles also destroyed during
the operation, the ministry's statement added. The Taliban group yet to comment
over casualties.
However, three Afghan National Police officers embraced martyrdom
during operation, the statement lamented, adding five others were wounded.
The killing of Taliban fighter in huge numbers come when A
Taliban delegation, led by Abdul Ghani Baradar, have left Qatar for Indonesia
on Friday morning, the militant movement's mouthpiece said.
A Taliban Spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, in a brief
statement said that at the head of an eight-member team, Mullah Baradar would
hold talks with Indonesian officials.
The visit comes ahead of the eighth round of peace parleys
between the Taliban and the United States in Doha. US special envoy for
Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad has recently said he had
'productive discussions' with government leaders 'on where they are on the
Afghan peace process.'
Moreover, former CIA deputy director Michael Morell said; 'The
president has said the Taliban is tired. That's not true. The Taliban controls
more territory than at any time since the 9/11 attacks and it seeks what it has
always sought: to fully control Afghanistan as a one-party state.'
US President Donald Trump wants to move quickly toward a
deal to end the war in Afghanistan. But according Morell, one of several
experts and former officials, warning that such a deal won't secure peace.
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