Sebanyak 17 orang, termasuk komandan-komandan itu, tewas di provinsi Helmand, Afghanistan selatan, dalam operasi tiga hari yang berakhir Senin dan melibatkan pasukan Afghanistan dan militer asing yang dipimpin NATO, kata jurubicara kementerian dalam negeri Zemarai Bashary kepada AFP.
Seventeen, including the commanders, were killed in the southern province of Helmand in a three-day operation that wrapped up Monday and involved Afghan and NATO-led troops, interior ministry spokesman Zemarai Bashary told AFP.