Saturday, July 23, 2011 – According to NATO-led International Security Assistance Forces officials, at least 50 militants were killed in a NATO operation in south-eastern Afghanistan
In a statement which was issued by ISAF officials said, the insurgents were killed in their encampment in Sar Rowzah district of the south-eastern province of Paktika overnight.
The statement further added, the encampment site was a staging area for Haqqani and foreign fighters moving into the country to carry out attacks.
ISAF officials also said, they acted after being tipped off about the encampment. A number of Afghan Special Forces also took part in the operation was conducted against the insurgents overnight from Thursday to Friday.
The operation is followed as as foreign forces have started handing over security responsibility to Afghan forces.
In the meantime, Afghan security forces have taken security responsibility of Herat city on Thursday as planned.
Afghan security forces will receive the security responsibilities of Kabul, Panjshir and Mazar-e-Sharif city as part of the first phase of security transition from foreign forces.
Afghan security forces have already taken over security responsibilities in the relatively peaceful province of Bamyan and Mehtarlam, capital of Laghman province and Lashkargah, the capital of Helmand province.
