Up to three villages have been cleared of armed Taliban, following Afghan National Police and Afghan National Army joint clearance operations in the Argo district, northeastern Badakhshan province.
Also, during this operation, a senior commander of armed Taliban was arrested.
Afghan National Police and Afghan National Army destroyed four heroin labs and confiscated two AK-47 rifles, 14 kilos of opium and some amount of ammunition as well.
The joint clearance operation still continues in insecure villages of Argo district.
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