KABUL, March 30 (Xinhua) -- Afghan militancy and counter-militancy have claimed 19 lives including 11 militants and seven security personnel in the country over the past 24 hours, officials said Wednesday.
Government forces in crackdown against Taliban outfit in the northern Kunduz province have claimed the lives of 11 militants over the past 24 hours, an army spokesman in the province Nasratullah Jamshidi said.
"The security forces have killed 11 armed rebels in several villages outside provincial capital the Kunduz city and Dasht-e-Archi district since Tuesday morning," Jamshidi told Xinhua.
There was no casualty on security personnel, the official contended.
Backed by helicopters, the operations would last until militants are wiped out from the area, the official added.
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