Special Operations, Strong Blows to Taliban

Officials in the Ministry of Defence say modern weapons are used in special operations conducted by Afghan and coalition forces, which have had positive results

At least 6 of the anti-government forces have been killed and 11 others are wounded in special operations conducted in the past 24 hours, Gen. Zahir Azimi, a spokesman for the Ministry of Defence said.

"In many of these operations that are conducted at night according to specific plans, there are no casualties both on our side and the civilians' side," he said.

Security has improved in some unstable provinces, and 80 percent of Kandahar is wiped out of the government opposition forces, Azimi added.

Meanwhile Gen. David Petraeus has entitled special operations in fight against insurgents as effective.

The Associated Press reports that Gen. Petraeus will use a new weapon this time that has not been mentioned before, and it will be used by the special US forces and commandos in Afghanistan.

"Mr Petraeus must put into action Obama's promises and deploy his troops to Pakistan and target terrorists' hide-outs there," Abdul Wahid Taqat, an Afghan military expert told TOLOnews.

Robert Gates, the United States Defence Secretary in his visit to the southern Kandahar province on Friday called America's war effective and said that improvements are seen in Kandahar, but the mission is not over yet.