As the Taliban has mounted an offensive amid the withdrawal of foreign troops from war-torn Afghanistan, as many as nearly 300 members of the group have been killed and hundreds of others wounded in operations by the country’s security forces in different provinces since Saturday, said the ministry of defense. “254 Taliban terrorists were killed and 97 wounded as a result of Afghanistan National Defence and Security Forces operations in Ghazni, Kandahar, Herat, Farah, Jowzjan, Balkh, Samangan, Helmand, Takhar, Kunduz, Baghlan, Kabul & Kapisa provinces during the last 24 hours. Also, 13 IEDs were discovered & defused by #ANA,” the ministry of defense tweeted on Sunday.

Nearly 4,000 ANDSF personnel have been killed and more than 7,000 were injured and about 1,600 captured by the Taliban since April 14, the ministry said. As many as 2,000 civilians, including women and children, were killed in the violence, while 2,200 were injured, it added.

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