By Nabila Ashrafi
The Ministry of Interior (MoI) on Wednesday said that Afghan National Police (ANP) special forces have killed at least 1,551 insurgents over the past nine months, including 400 key insurgent commanders.
The MoI statistics reveal that special forces carried out 1,482 special operations during this period with many operations targeting high profile insurgents.
“The incident which happened in Shar-e-Naw of Kabul (September) and the incident on the house of MP Mir Wali (this month), you (special forces) managed to avoid harm to others through your courage, professionalism and skills,” said Jahed.
On Wednesday, Interior Minister Taj Mohammad Jahed hailed the work of the special forces in counter-terrorism and said they have played a critical role in eliminating key figures.
Jahed made the remarks at a ceremony in Kabul to mark the achievements by the special forces.
He said they had managed in this time to foil a number of plots to take over major cities and districts.
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