Six killed, 8 arrested in Afghan clashes
Six militants were killed and eight others arrested in separate operations in the Kapisa and Kunduz provinces of Afghanistan, officials said.
In one of the joint U.S.-Afghan operations, five militants were slain and four arrested in an assault on a compound in Kunduz province, near the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border, the Kuwait news agency, KUNA, reported Sunday.
Troops clashed with enemy combatants while conducting operations to disrupt militant activity in the area, military officials said in a statement.
Separately, another militant was killed and four more detained in a similar operation in the country's southeastern Paktia province Sunday, another official statement said, KUNA reported.
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