Afghan police kill 26 militants in 24 hours

Units of national police backed by the army have killed 26 Taliban fighters during series of operations across the conflict-ridden Afghanistan over the past 24 hours, said a statement of Ministry of Interior released here Monday.

During the operations which have been conducted in Nangarhar, Kunduz, Sar-e-Pul, Kandahar, Maidan Wardak, Logar, Farah and Helmand provinces, 34 more militants were wounded and six others arrested, the statement said.

Units of police have also discovered a number of arms and ammunitions during the operations, the statement further said.

It didn’t say if there were casualties on security personnel.

Taliban have yet to make comment.


Source: Punchng

Buhari’s Victory Has Reignited Our Desire To Return To The Creeks, Says Asari-Dokubo

Self-acclaimed Niger-Delta activist, Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, says with the defeat of President Goodluck Jonathan in Saturday’s presidential poll, he and other militants may be forced to return to the creeks.

Asari-Dokubo, an Ijaw and staunch ally of the president, said the outcome of the election revealed a voting pattern suggesting the South-West and the North, which incidentally have the largest voting population, ganged up against the South-South and South-East geo-political zones.

The ex-militant made these views known in a statement by his spokesman, Rex Anighoro.