TRINKOT, Afghanistan, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) -- Up to 80 militants have been killed in the southern Uruzgan province as a crackdown against armed insurgents continues, the local police said on Wednesday.
"Operations against Taliban rebels which begun three days ago have left around 80 insurgents dead and injured almost 80 others around provincial capital Lashkar Gah," provincial police chief Wali Jan Sarhadi told Xinhua.
The government forces have recaptured Charmgar and Sarshakhlo areas, forcing militants to flee, the official added.
Taliban militants who have intensified operations in Uruzgan and the neighboring Helmand provinces in the troubled southern region are yet to make comment on the situation.
