KABUL, June 23 (Xinhua) -- Up to 165 Taliban militants have given up fighting in the northern Faryab and Jauzjan provinces over the past couple of days as military crackdowns against armed oppositions in the said provinces is underway over the past couple of months.
A total of 115 armed militants, according to Sayed Sarwar Hussaini, the spokesman of police in the northern region, gave up fighting and surrendered to government forces in Faryab province on Tuesday.
The former militants, according to the official, were active in Faryab and Jauzjan provinces over the past couple of years.
A day later on Wednesday, 50 more militants handed over their weapons to security forces in Dawlatabad district of Faryab province.
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