At least 40 Taliban militants were killed and 10 others were injured following military operations in the past 24 hours.
The Ministry of Interior (MoI) following a statement said the operations were conducted by Afghan National Police in cooperation with Afghan National Army and Afghan intelligence – National Directorate of Security (NDS) operatives.
The statement further added the operations were conducted in Kunar, Kapisa, Faryab, Laghman, Helmand and Paktia provinces.
“Also, during these operations, Afghan National Police discovered and confiscated light and heavy rounds ammunition,” the statemetn said.
The statement also added, Afghan National Police discovered and defused 22 rounds of Improvised Explsoive Device (IED) placed by enemies of Afghanistan for destructive activities in Helmand, Badghis, Ghor, Herat, Baghlan and Kandahar provinces.
The anti-government armed militant groups have not commented regarding the reports so far.
