Afghan troops eliminated three suspected militants and captured two others in two separate operations in the country's southern Kandahar province, the birthplace of Taliban militias, officials said Sunday.
"Two-hour-long clash between government troops and terrorist elements in Jalai district of Kandahar province Saturday afternoon left three terrorists dead," a Sunday press release of Afghan Defense Ministry said.
There were no casualties on government forces, it added.
Moreover, Afghan interior ministry in another statement issued earlier Sunday said that police arrested two would-be suicide bombers from Kandahar city on Saturday night and recovered two waistcoats used in suicide bombing.
The Taliban have not made any comment.
The militants who have vowed to topple Afghan government, according to predictions made by analysts and observers, would increase their attacks in 2008 in the post-Taliban nation where rising militancy-related violence claimed over 6,000 lives last year.
Source:Xinhua
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