Tuesday, June 13 – According to police officials in Farah province, at least 28 insurgents have been detained during a joint operation by Afghan and NATO forces in this province.
According to police chief of Farah province, the operation continued for three days and mainly focused on Bala Blook district of Farah province which finally ended on Sunday and a result 28 alleged militant insurgents were detained by the joint forces.
He also said that some amount of arms and weapons have also been recoved from the detained persons.
The recent operation in Farah province comes as the wave of violence have increased throughout the country and the insurgents have increased their activities in most parts of the country. Militant insurgents have frequently carried out attacks on police check posts, goverment facilities and foreign forces in various locations inside the country.
Military operations by joint Afghan and NATO-led forces are followed as the security transition from the foreignn forces to Afghan security forces is due to start in coming July.
Currently, there are around 152,000 foreign forces based in Afghanistan and around 100,000 of them are American troops.
The number of casualties among foreign troops have reached to 239 so far this year in Afghanistan.
