National Directorate of Security reported the launch of a special operation on hideouts of Taliban insurgents in Uruzgan province.
Special operations force of NDS has launched a special operation on hideout of Mawlavi Sharaf-uddin, who was in charge of Taliban military group in Uruzgan province, NDS said on Thursday.
The report added that 17 Taliban insurgents were killed as a result of the operation.
According to the National Directorate of Security, a number of weapons, ammunition, explosives and military equipment were seized during the operation.
