KABUL, July 15 (Xinhua) -- Afghan security forces have pressed on to clear the militants in restive provinces and killed 62 militants in the latest operations, the country's Defense Ministry said Friday.
"Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) conducted cleanup and military operations in Nangarhar, Paktika, Wardak, Ghazni, Kandahar, Farah, Badakhshan, Takhar and Helmand provinces within the past 24 hours, killing 62 armed insurgents, wounding 28 and detaining two others," the ministry said in a statement providing daily operational updates.
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