About 40 Taliban militants and 5 policemen had been killed in the most recent spate of violence in Afghanistan as large gun-battles raged throughout the war-torn nation, in accordance with a number of sources.
On Friday, Taliban militants took management of Jalrez district in Wardak province after days of heavy clashes, Xinhua information company reported citing native media as saying.
The native media mentioned that just about 40 safety forces members had been captured after militants seized authorities workplace buildings in the district, 60 km west of the capital Kabul.
The safety forces have been in siege for a few days in the district the place a key provincial street passes, connecting Kabul to central components of the nation.
(*40*)Meanwhile, the Afghan Air Force focused the militants in the district, killing 10 of them, injuring one and destroying a automobile, a motorbike and a few weapons, the Defence Ministry mentioned.
“The operations of Afghan National Defense and Security Forces proceed in Jalrez and the district can be cleared off terrorists quickly,” the Ministry mentioned in an announcement late Friday.
Jalrez is the third district captured by the militants this month.
On Thursday, Taliban overran Dawlat Shah district in Laghman province, after capturing Nirkh district south of Jalrez on May 11.
About 15 out of 407 Afghan districts remain under Taliban’s control while 40 districts have been facing high threats from militants and 30 per cent of the districts were contested, according to official figures.
In Zabul province, five policemen and seven militants were killed during armed clashes at a police station on Thursday might.
The mountainous province has been the scene of heavy clashes in recent years.
In Helmand province, 14 Taliban militants were killed and 11 others wounded when Afghan Air Force targeted militant positions in Bolan, an area on the outskirts of provincial capital Lashkar Gah city on Thursday night, an army source said.
Five militants were killed and two others wounded by a separate airstrike in nearby Surgudar locality, according to the source.
The Taliban have conducted multiple attacks outside Lashkar Gah in recent days and tried to take over control of the key city in the region.
Besides, three Taliban fighters were killed and three others wounded when Afghan warplanes targeted a centre in Khash Rod district of Nimroz province on Thursday night.
The militants were illegally collecting tax from cargo trucks driving along a provincial road in the province, bordering Iran.
Violence lingers in the Asian country as Taliban militants have been attempting to seize small towns or districts by launching hit-and-run ambushes against Afghan national security forces.
While the US and NATO troops have been leaving the country, violence in the country is on the rise.
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