Afghanistan: 600 Taliban rebels killed within three-month of war in Kandahar
Interior Minister, Mohammad Massoud Andarabi said that top Taliban commanders were among the 600 militants killed by the Afghan security forces within the past two and a half months in southern Kandahar province.
Minister Andarabi and Defense Deputy Minister Shah Mahmood Miakhil visited Kandahar on Sunday to praise the Afghan security forces for their unflinching fight against the militants.
Andarabi in a TV interview said that disputes among the Taliban rebels from Kandahar and Taliban from Zabul and Farah have recently increased. ‘The Taliban focused on fighting in Kandahar and Helmand in the winter but they suffer heavy casualties,’ he added.
Kandahar has recently seen an upswing in clashes between the Afghan security forces and Taliban.