Afghan national security forces have killed 15 Taliban militants and injured dozens of them during mop-up operations in the southern province of Helmand

Afghan national security forces have killed 15 Taliban militants and injured dozens of them during mop-up operations in the southern province of Helmand.

According to a spokesman for the provincial security department, Shamim Ahmad Noorzai, the operations were launched by Afghan National Army (ANA) and Afghan Local Police (ALP) in Nad-e-Ali, Nawa and Marjah districts on Thursday.
Noorzai also added that 25 improvised explosive devices were seized during the cleanup operations.
This comes after Afghan security forces killed 35 Taliban militants and injured 11 others in separate operations across the war-torn country.
The country’s Interior Ministry issued a statement on Wednesday saying the militants had been killed during military operations in the provinces of Kunar, Laghman, Baghlan, Kandahar, Uruzgan, Maidan Wardak, Logar and Ghazni.
Despite the Afghan government’s operations against Taliban militants and associated groups, they have still been able to spread their influence in various regions of the country.
The militant group said it would use “every possible tactic” to inflict casualties on Afghan forces. They specifically mentioned insider attacks, and bomb attacks.