Afghan National Security Forces, advised by the U.S.-led Coalition forces, arrested key facilitators responsible for improvised explosive device attacks in its two separate operations, the Coalition said in a statement issued early Thursday.
During a Dec. 24 operation in Chamkani district of southeastern Paktia province, the ANSF arrested a suspected insurgent facilitator, who according to the Coalition forces is believed to be responsible for coordinating improvised explosive device (IED) attacks and insurgent activity directed against ANSF personnel over the past year.
In another operation on Dec. 24, the ANSF and Coalition forces arrested an individual believed to be responsible for the IED strikes in Tsagay and Khakrez areas of southern province Kandahar in November, the military said, adding that the person is also suspected of being a leader of a cell responsible for placing IEDsin five other villages in the region.
Anti-government militants in Afghanistan's remote regions continued to fight against the Afghan and international forces besides launching roadside bombing and suicide blast attacks in major towns and cities.
Rising militancy-related violence and conflicts have killed over 6,000 people in the war-torn Afghanistan this year.
Source: Xinhua
|
Comment
Tell A Friend
Print Format
Save Article