MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The highest number of casualties were recorded in Herat province, where 47 combatants were killed, according to the statement.
No reference to the combatants' affiliation to any particular insurgent group was made in the official statement.
Security in Afghanistan has drastically deteriorated in recent months as both Taliban insurgents and Daesh, outlawed in Russia, the United States and several other countries, have expanded their activities in the south of the country.
