16 Taliban militants killed, 30 IEDs clutched in Afghan operations

KABUL: (MEP) -At least 16 Taliban militants were killed and 3 others were injured during joint military operations by Afghan national security forces.

The interior ministry of Afghanistan following a statement said, the operations were conducted during the past 24 hours in various provinces of Afghanistan.

The statement further added that the operations were conducted jointly by Afghan police, Afghan army and Afghan intelligence operatives in Parwan, Baghlan, Kunduz, Kandahar, Zabul, Logar and Paktiya provinces.

Interior ministry in its statement confirmed that 16 militants were killed, 3 were injured and 7 others were arrested during the operations.

Afghan security forces also seized caches of explosives and ammunition during the military operations, interior ministry said.

In separate operations, Afghan security forces discovered and seized 30 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) from Laghman, Kandahar, Uruzgan and Helmand provinces.

The Taliban militants group has not commented regarding the reports so far.