At least 33 Taliban militants were killed following military operations in various provinces of Afghanistan in the past 24 hours.
The Interior Ministry of Afghanistan following a statement said the operations were jointly conducted by Afghan National Police, Afghan National Army and Afghan Intelligence – National Directorate of Security (NDS) operatives.
The statement further added that the operations were conducted in Kunar, Nangarhar, Kunduz, Badakhshan, Sar-e-Pul, Jawzjan, Kandahar, Uruzgan and Helmand provinces.
At least 15 Taliban militants were also injured and 8 others were detained during the operation, the statement added.
Interior ministry officials also said Afghan security forces also confiscated various types of light and heavy weapons along with ammunition and explosives.
Afghan police forces discovered and neutralized 7 rounds of improvised explosive device (IED) during operations in Baghlan, Faryab, Paktia, Herat and Farah province.
The anti-government armed militant groups have not commented regarding the report so far.
