(Xinhua) — Afghan security forces have killed four insurgents in Tagab district of northern Badakhshan province, Qari Maazudin Ahmadi, head of the provincial information and culture department, said Tuesday.

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The crackdown was launched at 02:00 a.m. local time Tuesday in Rabat area of Tagab district, killing four armed members of the so-called resistance front, and the security forces captured their weapons, Ahmadi said.

The state-run news agency Bakhtar also confirmed the incident. The Taliban-run caretaker administration, which announced the end of war following takeover of Afghanistan in August last year, has vowed to ensure law and order across the war-torn country.

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