?An Afghan policeman searches a bus at a security checkpoint along Herat-Farah main road in Herat, Afghanistan, Feb. 24, 2019. Afghan security forces have killed nine Taliban militants and seized nearly 900 kg narcotic drugs during separate operations, the Afghan Ministry of Interior Affairs said Saturday. In Herat province, the Afghan National Police (ANP) seized more than 570 kg of narcotics and opium and a vehicle after the ANP laid an ambush and engaged with drug traffickers along a main road. (Xinhua/Elaha Sahel)
KABUL, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- Afghan security forces have killed nine Taliban militants and seized nearly 900 kg narcotic drugs during separate operations, the Afghan Ministry of Interior Affairs said Saturday.
"In one raid, four Taliban militants were killed and over 300 kg illicit opium confiscated after the Afghan National Security and Defense Forces raided a Taliban hideout in Shewan village, Bala Buluk district in western Farah province Friday night," the ministry said in a statement.
The security forces also destroyed four militants' motorcycles.
In neighboring Herat province, the Afghan National Police (ANP) seized more than 570 kg of narcotics and opium and a vehicle after the ANP laid an ambush and engaged with drug traffickers along a main road on Friday.
No one was hurt during the brief exchange of fire, the statement said, adding the suspected men escaped from the site.
In eastern Logar province, the Special Operations Forces of ANP attacked a Taliban hideout in Baraki Barak district on Friday night.
The statement confirmed "three guns and ammunition were found by the ANP following the clashes."
The Taliban militant group hasn't made comments on the report yet.
