"Police have launched eight cleanup operations in parts of Kunar, kapisa, Wardak, Kandahar, Logar, Khost, Paktia and Helmand provinces over the past 24 hours during which 34 Taliban rebels have been killed, five injured and six others made captive," the statement added, Xinhua reported.
However, it did not say if there were any casualties on police. Taliban militants fighting the government have yet to make comment.
