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Afghan Forces Kill Over 60 Taliban Militants Over Past 24 Hours - Reports

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Over 60 militants of the Taliban radical movement in Afghanistan were killed as a result of special operations and airstrikes performed by US-supported Afghan forces across the country over the past 24 hours, local media reported, citing military sources.
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According to the Khaama Press News Agency, operations were conducted in the provinces of Lagar, Wardak, Helmand, Uruzgan and Paktika.

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During the operations, Afghan forces also destroyed one Taliban radio tower and two improvised explosive devices, the agency said.

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Afghanistan has suffered from deeply unstable security following an invasion by the US in 2001 and the subsequent 17 years of continuous warfare. The US-supported government in Kabul has been fighting an increasingly entrenched Taliban, even as the Daesh* terrorist group has been operating in Afghanistan since 2015.

*Daesh (ISIL/ISIS/Islamic State/IS), a terrorist group banned in Russia and a wide number of other countries.

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