NEWS IN BRIEF

10 MILITANTS KILLED IN EASTERN AFGHANISTAN
XINHUA, Jalalabad
Security forces have killed 10 armed insurgents and recaptured 17 villages in Shirzad district of the eastern Nangarhar province, said an army statement yesterday.
The cleanup operations, launched a couple of days ago in parts of the restive district, will continue until the militants there are wiped out and security returns to the district and adjoining areas, the statement said. It didn't say if the armed insurgents killed in the operations were Taliban members or the Islamic State group loyalists. No security personnel were injured in the operations, the statement added.
Neither Taliban outfit nor the Islamic State group which are operational in parts of Nangarhar province with Jalalabad as its capital 120 km east of Kabul has made comments.

 

24 KILLED IN LIBYA CLASHES
 Xinhua, Tripoli

Clashes between Libya's UN-backed government forces and the east-based army in Abugrein town, some 140 km south of the city of Misrata, killed 24 troops and injured more than 100 from both parties.
"The battle in Abugrein town killed 12 and injured 55 of our troops," a source of the east-based army told Xinhua late Sunday.
The UN-backed government's forces also said that 12 of their fighters were killed and more than 50 others injured during the clashes.
The UN-backed government said Sunday that they have repelled an attack by the rival east-based army in Abugrein town and destroyed and seized a number of armored vehicles of the east-based army.

 

20 CHILDREN INJURED IN SCHOOL BUS ACCIDENT
XINHUA, New Delhi

At least 20 school children were injured yesterday after a bus carrying them skidded off a road and rolled down in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, officials said.
The accident took place at Poonjuthi in Madurai, about 450 km southwest of Chennai, the capital city of Tamil Nadu.
"This morning a school bus carrying students skidded off the road and rolled down, injuring 20 students inside it," a health official at Rajaji government hospital in Madurai said.

 

NEWS IN BRIEF

10 MILITANTS KILLED IN EASTERN AFGHANISTAN XINHUA, Jalalabad Security forces have killed 10 armed insurgents and recaptured 17 villages in Shirzad district of the eastern Nangarhar province, said an army statement yesterday. The cleanup operations, launched a couple of days ago in parts of the restive district, will continue until the militants there are wiped out and security returns to the district and adjoining areas, the statement said. It didnt say if the armed insurgents killed in the operations were Taliban members or the Islamic State group loyalists. No security personnel were injured in the operations, the statement added. Neither Taliban outfit nor the Islamic State group which are operational in parts of Nangarhar province with Jalalabad as its capital 120 km east of Kabul has made comments. 24 KILLED IN LIBYA CLASHES Xinhua, Tripoli Clashes between Libyas UN-backed government forces and the east-based army in Abugrein town, some 140 km south of the city of Misrata, killed 24 troops and injured more than 100 from both parties. The battle in Abugrein town killed 12 and injured 55 of our troops, a source of the east-based army told Xinhua late Sunday. The UN-backed governments forces also said that 12 of their fighters were killed and more than 50 others injured during the clashes. The UN-backed government said Sunday that they have repelled an attack by the rival east-based army in Abugrein town and destroyed and seized a number of armored vehicles of the east-based army. 20 CHILDREN INJURED IN SCHOOL BUS ACCIDENT XINHUA, New Delhi At least 20 school children were injured yesterday after a bus carrying them skidded off a road and rolled down in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, officials said. The accident took place at Poonjuthi in Madurai, about 450 km southwest of Chennai, the capital city of Tamil Nadu. This morning a school bus carrying students skidded off the road and rolled down, injuring 20 students inside it, a health official at Rajaji government hospital in Madurai said.