PUL-E-KHUMRI, Afghanistan, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Up to nine militants have been killed and three others injured as security forces stormed Taliban hideouts in Tala-o-Barfak district of the northern Baghlan province on Saturday, an army spokesman in the northern region Major Mohammad Hamid Rezai said Sunday.
The security forces, according to the official, launched coordinated attack on militants hideouts in Tala-o-Barfak district late Saturday, killing nine armed insurgents and injuring three others.
The operations would continue until the area is out of insurgents, Rezai said.
Taliban militants are yet to make comment on the report.
