At least 260 Taliban militants including senior commanders and shadow district governor were killed during clashes in Helmand province.
Interior ministry spokesman, Sediqi Sediq, said Friday that the Sangin district was cleared of Taliban militants following the clearing operation.
Sediqi further added that the Taliban militants suffered heavy casualties during the operations.
He said around 260 Taliban militants including Taliban’s shadow district governor of Sangin were killed during the clearing operation.
Sediqi also added that the Helmand battle has proved that the Taliban militants can nothold ground in Afghanistan.
Around 800 Taliban militants launched attack in Sangin district around seven days ago which resulted into spread of clashes into three other districts including Kajaki, Mosa Qala and Nawzad.
Dozens of civilians and Afghan security forces were also killed during the clashes and several others were injured.
