At least 260 Taliban insurgents have been killed and over 200 others have been wounded in 70 operations launched by security officials in Herat province over the past three months, said Herat police chief Ghulam Sanayee Stanekzai at a press conference on Sunday.
Stanekzai added that 24 Taliban insurgents had also been detained as a result of the operations, which took place at Adraskan, Zawl, Kohzur, Kashkakhana, Obe, Pashtun Zarghun, Kashk Robat Sangi, Golran, Karkh, Zandijan and Ghorian districts.
He added that some of these military operations were carried out independently by the police.
Meanwhile, Herat police have arrested 450 people in the last three months on various charges, including murder, kidnapping, armed robbery, membership in armed groups, drug trafficking, forgery of documents and bribery, in the city and districts of the province.
He added that cases of more than 70 robbers have been sent to the Herat Prosecutor’s Office.
