KABUL (AFP) – Afghan and foreign troops killed 23 Taliban militants in separate operations a day after the president pledged to take responsibility for security in his new five-year term, police said Saturday.

The militants were killed on Friday in clashes with Afghan and foreign forces in southern and eastern Afghanistan, the police said.

via AFP.

Related posts:

South Waziristan clashes kill 12 militants
One person dies in southern Yemen clashes
Gunmen torch Nato tankers in Pakistan, kill driver