KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan security forces and NATO-led forces were engaged in a joint operation on Thursday to retake a remote town southwest of Kabul, the NATO force said. Taliban militants captured the local government headquarters of the remote Ajristan district of Ghazni late on Sunday, part of a campaign of seizing remote outposts and forcing thinly spread security forces to respond in a game of cat-and-mouse. The counter-operation began on Wednesday with an air strike on insurgents armed with AK-47 assault rifles and rocket propelled grenades inside the village of Ajristan, the NATO force said. "Several insurgents have been killed and wounded," it said in a statement. "Afghan troops are stationed near Ajristan and are conducting surveillance operations to locate any Taliban hideouts so air strikes can be carried out,"...
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