18 Taliban Militants Killed, 20 Injured During Afghan Operations

KABUL: (Middle East Press) At least 18 Taliban militants including their local commanders were killed following counter-terrorism operations in the past 24 hours, said Ministry of Interior.

The Ministry of Interior (MoI), following a statement said Sunday that the militants were killed in Kunduz, Faryab, Sar-e-Pul, Maidan Wardak, Logar, Paktia and Paktika provinces.

The statement further added that operations were jointly conducted by Afghan national army, Afghan national police and Afghan intelligence – national directorate of security (NDS) operatives.

At least 20 Taliban militant was also injured during the operations, MoI said.

The statement by MoI also added that Afghan security forces confiscated various types of weapons, ammunition and explosives following the operations.

Afghan police forces also neutralized two rounds of improvised explosive device (IED) during operations in Nangarhar and Kandahar provinces, MoI said.

The Taliban militants group has not commented regarding the report yet.