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The Minister had written a series of letters to the Union Defence Ministry earlier seeking their intervention in resolving the long-pending issue.

In Faryab, 26 militants were killed and 33 wounded after the Afghan Air Force conducted airstrikes on a Taliban position in Sarchakan village of Gurziwan district, Xinhua news agency quoted the statement as saying.

SMART is for anti-submarine warfare operations "far beyond the torpedo range," said Defence Ministry