GHAZNI, Afghanistan, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Up to 34 Taliban militants including two group commanders had been killed and 13 others injured in Afghanistan's eastern Ghazni province over the past two days, army spokesman in the restive province Mohammad Hanif Rezai said Friday.
The fighting had been continuing amid Taliban attempts to overrun the strategically important Andar district in the province since Tuesday morning.
According to Rezae, units of Special Forces launched operations against Taliban positions in Andar district late Friday night and so far 34 insurgents had been killed, forcing militants to flee.
Confirming the fighting, deputy to Ghazni provincial police chief Ramazan Ali said more than 2,000 Taliban insurgents were attempting to overrun Andar district but their malicious designs had been foiled.
Without commenting on the possible casualties of security forces, governor of Andar district Mohmmad Qasim Disiwal said the militants had fled away and the normalcy had returned to the troubled district.
Taliban militants, who have intensified operations over the past one week by conducting deadly offensives against police and army stations, are yet to make comment on the situation in Andar area.
