It has been reported that 45 insurgents, out of which 33 were killed and others were wounded, during operations in Zabul province in the past one week. In this past week, 205th Corps has aggressively pursued the Taliban in Arghandab and Mizan districts of Zabul.
According to military officials, these operations come after of a large attack from the Taliban last week against an ANA checkpoint in Arghandab District which killed the soldiers manning that checkpoint.
The 205th Corps confirmed that over the last month, there were approximately 50 attacks against ANDSF, mostly check points.