29 Taliban killed in drug-producing region of Afghanistan

Kabul: Afghan police have killed 29 Taliban fighters including an insurgent commander in a clash in the south of the country, the Interior Ministry said on Thursday.

The militants were killed in Nadi Ali district of Helmand on Wednesday after they ambushed a police vehicle in the province, a main Taliban bastion and the biggest drug-producing region of Afghanistan, the world's top supplier of heroin.

The ministry said in a statement, "It is worth mentioning that Mullah Naqibullah who was regarded as a prominent commander of the Taliban is amongst those killed."