SHEBERGHAN, Afghanistan, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- At least five militants were killed and five others wounded in an operation launched by Afghan forces in northern Afghan province of Jawzjan on Friday, an official said Saturday.
The operation which was launched late on Friday in Jabbar Shaheed village of Aqcha district where five Taliban insurgents including a local commander Mullah Khairuddin Lang along with his four fighters were killed and five others wounded, Nasratullah Jamshidi, spokesman of 209 Shaheen Corps based in the area, told Xinhua.
Taliban outfit has not commented on the incident.
Fighting has escalated in Afghanistan as the Taliban insurgency spreads from its traditional strongholds in the south and east to the once peaceful region in the north.
