The U.S.-led Coalition forces eliminated 10 armed militants and detained four suspected militants during operations to thwart the Taliban and Haqqani terrorist networks in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, said a Coalition statement released here on Wednesday.
Coalition forces in the operation targeting a senior Taliban commander in the Zormat district of Paktiya province engaged and killed five militants while searching the militant hideout, the statement said.
During another operation in Sabori district of Paktika province, Coalition forces locked the aim at a Haqqani sub-commander who is responsible for planning and conducting attacks against Coalition forces in the region, it said.
"The force engaged the militants with small-arms fire killing five militants and a search of the building revealed multiple weapons," it said.
Earlier, Coalition forces killed six armed militants and detained 12 suspected militants during operations on Monday to disrupt the Hizb-e-Islami Gulbuddin, or HIG, and Haqqani networks in the eastern region.
Spiraling conflicts and Taliban-linked insurgency have claimed over 5,000 people, mostly militants, so far this year in strife-torn Afghanistan as Taliban insurgents and other anti-government militants have vowed to intensify assaults against interests of Afghan government and international troops before the coming winter.
Source:Xinhua
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