Anonymous ID: b4cd52 Nov. 15, 2020, 8:09 a.m. No.11655953   🗄️.is 🔗kun

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/afghanistan-1-100-taliban-insurgents-killed-in-25-days/2044709

 

Amid stalled peace talks with the Taliban, Afghanistan on Sunday issued a list of at least 1,100 insurgents killed in ongoing clashes during the past 25 days.

 

According to the Interior Ministry, scores of key Taliban commanders and foreign militants have been killed by Afghan forces in this period in response to assaults by the insurgents, particularly in the restive southern Helmand and Kandahar provinces.

 

The ministry's spokesman Tariq Arian told a press conference that among the insurgents killed in counter-terrorism operations, at least 152 were from Pakistan.

 

"Seventy Taliban commanders have been killed in Helmand and Kandahar in Afghan forces' operations in past 25 days," he said, adding that each militant commander led dozens-strong groups of fighters. The ministry did not share figures on casualties sustained by the Afghan security forces in this period.

 

The Taliban have yet to comment on the statement.