Photo taken on May 25, 2021 shows smoke rising from the site of fighting during a military operation in Aqcha district of Jawzjan province, Afghanistan, May 25, 2021. In Jawzjan province, 27 Taliban militants were killed and 12 others wounded during the ongoing military operation in the Faizabad and Aqcha areas over the past three days, Hanif Rezai, spokesperson for the army's 209th Shaheen Corps based in the region, told Xinhua. (Photo by Mohammad Jan Aria/Xinhua)
