Kabul, April 26 : At least 24 militants were killed and 36 injured as Afghan forces targeted Taliban positions in Balkh province on Thursday, said an army spokesman.


"The government forces from ground and air began attacking Taliban hideouts and positions at 1.30 a.m. on Thursday," Xinhua news reported quoted the spokesman as saying.

Taliban militants launched their so-called spring offensive on Wednesday and since then they have been engaged with the government forces in parts of the country.

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New Delhi (PTI): Coming down heavily on the Uttar Pradesh authorities for its "high-handed" approach, the Supreme Court on Wednesday directed it to compensate a man, whose house was razed in 2019 for road widening, with Rs 25 lakh.

A bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra further asked the UP chief secretary to conduct an inquiry into the matter pertaining to the illegal demolition in Maharajganj district.

"You can't come with bulldozer and demolish the house overnight," remarked the bench, which was hearing the matter pertaining to demolition, which took place in 2019 for the road widening project.