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Nangarhar: Crackdown enhanced by the Afghan Forces
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KABUL, 10 February, 2021 (TON): Afghan security forces have enhanced crackdown on terrorists for the past five days, in Nangarhar province.
The provincial commander, General Karim Niazi said on Tuesday that 22 militants were killed and 11 others injured in Hisarak and Shirzad districts over the past 24 hours, the media reported.
Overall there were more than 80 dead militants as a result of the operations, he said.
Without providing details on the identity of the militants, the official added that the security operations would last until the insurgents were completely wiped out of the province.
A number of Taliban and IS members were arrested over the past weeks in the province.
"Securing the strategically important Nangarhar would ultimately shrink the activities of militants in neighboring Kunar, Nuristan, and Laghman provinces," a local observer said.
The province and the neighboring Kunar, Laghman, and Nuristan are the areas that had been under insurgency over the past few years.
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