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Afghan, NATO forces keep up pressure on Taliban insurgents

09 August 2011 18:03 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. In spite of losing 38 Afghan and NATO service members in an air crash Saturday, Afghan and NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) stationed in Afghanistan have been mounting pressure on Taliban and associate insurgents since the weekend, APA reports siting Xinhua.
In the latest operations against Taliban fighters, Afghan police captured a Taliban commander in country’s Baghlan province 160 km north of capital city Kabul on Tuesday, provincial police chief, Abdul Rahman Rahimi said.
"After a siege and search operation, police captured a Taliban commander Mullah Jamaluddin in Burka district Tuesday morning," Rahimi told reporters in provincial capital Pul-e-Khumri.
The detained Jamaluddin had served as Taliban commander in Burka and adjoining areas and was responsible for organizing suicide attacks, Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blasts and targeting security forces, the official in Baghlan added.
At least 27 Taliban insurgents have been killed by police during operations backed by Afghan army and ISAF, since Saturday, Afghan Interior Ministry confirmed in separate statements released here.