3 Taliban killed, 29 arrested in Afghanistan

Security forces during operations over the past 24 hours in different Afghan provinces have eliminated three Taliban insurgents and captured 29 suspected Taliban fighters, Afghan Interior Ministry said on Thursday. \"Afghan National Police (ANP), backed by army and international coalition forces, have launched seven cleanup operations in Ghazni, Uruzgan, Wardak, Logar, Kandahar and Helmand provinces over the past 24 hours,\" the ministry said in a statement. \"As a result of these operations three Taliban have been killed and 29 more suspected Taliban insurgents have been captured by ANP, \" it said, adding that ANP also found and seized a handful of weapons and ammunition during the raids. Afghan and NATO-led coalition forces have been keeping up pressure on insurgents all over the country as over 230 insurgents had been killed and around 300 detained by joint forces in November alone, according to the Afghan interior ministry. The Taliban insurgent group, who stepped up their attacks on Afghan and NATO-led troops since a rebel offensive was launched in May this year in the war-ravaged country, has yet to make comment.