Monitoring Desk
JALALABAD: At least four Taliban insurgents were killed during a clash with the Afghan security forces in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan while three including one who had disguised himself as a woman were arrested.
The commander of the 4th Brigade of the 201 Silab Corps in the East Gen. Mohammad Nasim Sangin said the militants were killed in Ghani Khel district where at least three others were arrested during the same operation. He said the militants were looking to carry out attacks on security posts on Jalalabad-Torkham highway in the vicinity of Ghani Khel district.
Gen. Sangin denounced the militants move to use the women’s dress in a bid to achieve their target and satisfy their masters.
According to Gen. Sangin, at least one Afghan soldier also sustained injuries during the clash but the local residents and other civilians did not suffer any casualty.
He said the Afghan security forces have also confiscated four weapons including a PKM machine gun and rocket launcher as well as hand grenades, a motorcycle, and large amount of drugs and opium.
The anti-government armed militant groups including Taliban insurgents have not commented regarding the report so far.
