38 Taliban insurgents killed in military operations

KABUL: (Middle East Press) At least 38 Taliban insurgents were killed following counter-terrorism operations in the past 24 hours in different parts of Afghanistan.

These operations were jointly conducted by Afghan National Police, Afghan National Army and Afghan Intelligence – National Directorate of Security (NDS) operatives, The Interior Ministry of Afghanistan following a statement said.

The statement further added that the operations were conducted in Helmand, Farah, Herat, Ghazni, Kandahar, Badakhshan, Parwan and Faryab provinces.

At least 13 Taliban insurgents were also injured and 3 others were arrested during the operation, added the statement.

Interior ministry officials also said Afghan security forces have confiscated various types of light and heavy weapons along with grenades and explosives.

Afghan police forces discovered and deactivated an improvised explosive device (IED) during operations in Tarinkot district of Uruzgan province.

The anti-government armed militant groups have not commented regarding the report so far.