KABUL, March 11 (Xinhua) -- One member of Haqqani militant group was killed and five others were arrested in Afghanistan's eastern province of Wardak, the Interior Ministry said Sunday.
"Two Haqqani network key commanders named Obaid Ullah and Abdul Haq were arrested together with three other members of the group following a special operation in Tangi area, Sayyed Abad district, Wardak province Saturday night," the ministry said in a statement.
The operation began on specific intelligence information about the presence of militants in the village.
The Special Operations Police Forces surrounded the area, following which a gunfight was triggered and which continued for several hours.
A bomb-making expert of the group named Qari Ebrar was killed after the shootout, the statement added.
No security force or local villagers were injured in the province, 35 km west of Kabul.
The operation was the latest raids against the insurgency, its supply lines and militants' mid-level command structure.
As a Taliban-linked group of militants, the Haqqani network mostly operating in eastern provinces and capital Kabul, has been responsible for many high-profile attacks against security forces.
The network, which was designated as a terrorist group by the United States in 2012, has yet to make comments.
