LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan, May 20 (Xinhua) -- A total of 13 Taliban fighters including three key commanders have been killed in Marja district of the southern Helmand province on Friday, an army spokesman in the province, Brigadier Mohammad Rasoul Zazai said.
"Security forces launched major offensive against Taliban rebels in Marja district late Thursday night and so far 13 rebels including three key commanders have been killed and nine others injured," Zazai told Xinhua.
The three important commanders killed in the operations identified as Mawlawi Rahmat the military operational commander of Taliban, Mawlawi Hamidi the in charge of judiciary and military leader of Taliban in Marja and Mullah Dur Mohammad, a mine expert and commander of roadside bomb planter unit of Taliban in Helmand province, the official asserted.
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