KABUL - According to Uruzgan security chief Gen. Rahmatullah Sediqi, at least 18 Taliban insurgents were killed and 17 others were wounded during the operation.
Gen. Sediqi further added that the operation was conducted in the vicinity of Khas Uruzgan district on Saturday to suppress the armed militants.
He said at least three security personnel including two army soldiers and a policeman also lost their lives during the operation and three others were wounded.
The Taliban militants and Afghan armed forces suffered casualties during the operation in southern Uruzgan province of Afghanistan, the local officials said Sunday.