KABUL, Mar 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) – At least 36 people were killed, in insurgent activities and clashes, in Afghanistan in the past 24 hours, according to a local independent war monitoring group, early today.
“Within the past 24 hours, our team documented 36 deaths, including one Afghan National Defence and Security Forces member, and 35 Taliban militants,” Reduction in Violence (RiV) said, on social media.
The group said, there were also 31 Taliban militants, and four security forces wounded in the cited period.
The casualties came from four violent incidents that took place in four of the country’s 34 provinces, according to the RiV figures.
In an unrelated incident, Security Forces arrested seven Taliban militants, during a cleanup operation in Jaji Aryob district, eastern Paktia province, the Afghan Defence Ministry confirmed.
The statement added that, vast areas were cleared off from Taliban in the district, in the mountainous region.
