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The Afghan security forces in clearance operations jointly conducting by Afghan National Police and personnel of the National Directorate of Security in the provinces of the country, killed 15 rebels wounded 3 and arrested 4 in past 24 hours.
A statement issued by the ministry of interior states that the operations were conducted in Kandahar, Logar, Khost, Uruzgan, Maidan-Wardak, Paktika, Ghazni, Kunduz, Baghlan, Nooristan and Kunar provinces.
Militants in the disputed territory of Kashmir attacked an Indian army camp Friday, triggering a fierce gunbattle that left 11 Indian soldiers and six suspected assailants dead, officials said.
At least three other deadly attacks were launched elsewhere Friday in the region, where local elections were being held through December.
At least 20 militants were killed and eight others were injured on Tuesday in air strikes in North Waziristan.
Twenty-three cadets from the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) were killed and 13 injured when an officers’ training camp near Laiza was hit directly by an artillery shell on Wednesday.
La Nan, spokesperson for the KIA, said the training camp in Wei Kyaing Bum was hit by a 105mm shell fired from Burmese government forces’ positions on nearby Hkaya Bum Hill at around noon on 19 November.
Troops from the Kachin Independence Organization’s (KIO) armed wing clashed with Burma army forces on November 16th in eastern Kachin state, according to an officer with group.
The officer from the Kachin Independence Army’s (KIA) Battalion 12 said that the fighting, which lasted more than an hour, took place at Hka Shang village near Jan Chyai Hkret in Mansi, also called Manje township. The area has long been held by KIA Battalion 27 (KIA 3rd Brigade). The clashes erupted when Burma army soldiers from brigade 88 entered into KIA territory, the office said.