MAIMANA, Afghanistan, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) -- Afghan security forces have killed three militants and destroyed many of their hideouts during an operation currently underway in Afghanistan's northern province of Faryab, local police said Saturday.
"Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) launched a military operation in remote Andkhoy and neighboring Qurghan districts on Thursday after militants tried to attack the districts and Aqina bordering town at the area," provincial police spokesman Karim Urush told Xinhua.
Clashes broke out in a couple of villages to resist the operation, leaving three Taliban militants killed and seven others injured but no member of ANDSF was hurt during the fighting, he said.
The operation will continue until the areas are cleared from the presence of militants, he added.
Afghan security forces continued mopping-up operations and the NATO-led coalition troops also intensified airstrikes as Taliban militant group has been attempting to take territory and consolidate its positions ahead of winter in the Central Asian country.
