The Security Forces on February 25 launched clearance operations in the capital city of Kabul and the surrounding provinces as the latest preventive measures to ensure a high level of security, reports Daijiworld. The clearance operations were launched by the Ministries of the Interior and Defence as well as the National Intelligence Agency, the Government said in a statement. Under the command of Mullah Mohammad Fazil Mazlum, acting deputy defence minister, the operations aimed at arresting and eliminating the thieves, kidnappers and other culprits who had already been listed by the security forces, the statement said.