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A joing afghan army and of International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) unit yesterday has conducted an operation in Kunar easter afghan province that lead to the killing of taliban leader Mohammed Yar Gul and two of his men. Isaf referred it in Kabul.
Three armed Taliban militants were killed and 5 others wounded in combined operation of Afghan and NATO forces in Nahersaraj district of Helmand province.
Fareed Ahmad Farhang spokesman of Helmand security commandment said to BNA, the Afghan and NATO forces conducted operation in Nashersaraj district of Helmand province, in which 3 armed Taliban militants were killed and 5 others wounded.
The Afghan military authorities in the south of the country reported the killing of 65 armed Taliban and arresting of 80 others during the military operation.
This operation launched under the name of “Kalak Hod” in some parts of Kandahar, Urozgan and Zabul provinces with participation of 1500 Afghan military men.
Col. Abdul Hamid commander of 205 Atal army crops told Bakhtar News Agency, during this operation 65 armed Taliban killed including several commanders and tens others injured.
Seven soldiers from Burma’s military are believed to have been killed on Monday following clashes with the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) in two separate places in northern Kachin state, according to KIA sources.
The first of the lethal clashes took place Monday morning, east of Kamaing in the jade rich Hpakant district located in the west of the war torn state. Three government soldiers were killed and several more injured during the short battle that saw KIA’s Battalion 6 troops face off against the army.
A major from government armed forces and seven soldiers under his command were killed on Monday following clashes with the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) at Dung Waw in Northern Shan State, according to one front line KIA commander.
KIA Lance Corporal Tsin-yu La San and a young civilian was fatally wounded the night before, according to Lt. Zau Seng, a commander with the KIA affiliated militia People’s army. For the last two-days, there has been heavy fighting between a government battalion and the KIA in the area.