KABUL, Sept 28: Around 300 insurgents have been killed in a US-led coalition and Afghan military operation that has been under way along the border with Pakistan for weeks, the coalition said Thursday.

About 100 other insurgents have been wounded in Operation Mountain Fury, which involves about 7,000 Afghan and coalition troops and covers five provinces, most of them on the border, a spokesman told reporters.

The operation started weeks ago but its military phase kicked off in mid-September.

“Since Operation Mountain Fury has commenced, we had more than 300 enemy killed in action, possibly about 100 wounded,” Lt-Col John Paradis said, without specifying the time period to which he was referring.

“We also found 33 weapon caches, six handed in by Afghan citizens. We have discovered 88 IEDs (improvised explosive devices), and we detonated 87 other IEDs,” he said.

The operation is aimed at fighting insurgents and pushing reconstruction in the area, Paradis said.

Operation Medusa killed around 1,000 insurgents in about two weeks, the International Security Assistance Force has said.—AFP/APP