ANA soldiers among 27 dead in countrywide clashes

KABUL (Pajhwok): Five Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers and 22 militants have killed during clearing operations in 10 provinces of the country, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said on Friday.

The joint anti-rebels offensives had been conducted in different parts of the country in the past 24 hours, a statement from the MoD said.

Specifically the operations against insurgent had been carried out in Logar, Khost, Maidan Wardak, Kandahar, Uruzgan, Heart, Baghlan, Balkh, Badakhshan and Helmand provinces.

Militants have not commented over clashes with security forces.

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