Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Kabul (BNA) 17 Taliban rebels were killed, 7 wounded and 36 others were arrested. 
According to interior ministry press office, mopping up operation conducted for cleaning from presence of Taliban in Helmand, Zabul, Ghazni and Khost provinces, in which 17 Taliban rebels were killed, 7 wounded and 36 others were detained.  
5 Kalashnikovs, 9 anti-vehicle mines, 15 narcotics, a 82mm gun, 725kg of explosive materials, 1400kg of fertilizers, and other military equipments, a car and a motorbike were seized from rebels. 
T. Suraya-Yarzada