The Afghan Ministry of Defense on Monday said that Afghan National Security and Defense Forces (ANDSF) repelled scores of attacks initiated by the Taliban in 15 provinces over the past 24 hours, reports Tolo News on April 4. “Tens of Taliban attacks were repelled and shut-down--the Taliban suffered heavy setbacks,” said Fawad Aman, deputy spokesman for the Ministry of Defense. Kunar, Nuristan, Nangarhar, Maidan Wardak, Paktia, Paktika, Logar, Kandahar, Badghis, Farah, Faryab, Balkh, Helmand, Nimroz, Badakhshan, Baghlan, Takhar and Kunduz are among the provinces where ANDSF faced off with the Taliban and dealt major blows to the insurgents, said the Defense Ministry.