Afghanistan.. 228 Taliban fighters were killed in 24 hours

On Saturday, the Afghan Ministry of Defense announced the killing of 228 members of the “Taliban” movement, and the wounding of 116 others in different parts of the country.

The ministry said in a tweet via Twitter: “228 Taliban fighters were killed and 116 wounded as a result of the operations of the Afghan forces during the past 24 hours.”

She explained that the forces carried out their military operations against the movement in the states of Logar (east) and Paktika (southeast).

Kandahar (south), Herat (west), Badghis (northwest), Farah (southwest), Balkh (north), Helmand (south), and Kapisa (northeast).

She added that “13 explosive devices were detected and disarmed.”

Afghanistan has been in war since 2001 when an international military coalition led by Washington overthrew the Taliban regime.

At the time, it was linked to al-Qaeda, which claimed the September 11 attacks of the same year in the United States.

The level of violence in Afghanistan has escalated since the beginning of last May, with the start of the final stage of the withdrawal of US forces by order of President Joe Biden last April, which is scheduled to be completed by next September 11.