KABUL: At least 36 Taliban militants were killed and 20 others were injured following counter-terrorism operations in the past 24 hours.
The Afghan Ministry of Interior (MoI) said in a statement "In past 24 hours, Afghan National Police conducted several anti-terrorism joint operations with Afghan National Army and NDS to clean some of the areas from terrorists and enemies of peace and stability of Afghanistan."
The statement further added that the operations were conducted in Zabul, Kandahar, Farah, uruzgan, Ghazni, Khost, Sar-e-Pul, Nangarhar, Takhar, Kundar and Logar provinces, according to the Afghan (Khaama Press).
At least six militants were also arrested by Afghan National Security Forces during the same operations.
"Also, during these operations, Afghan National Police discovered and confiscated light and heavy rounds ammunition," the statement said.
The statement also added that the Afghan National Police discovered and defused seven different types of IEDs placed by enemies of Afghanistan for destructive activities in Zabul, Sar-e-Pul and Faryab provinces.
The Taliban militants group has not commented regarding the report so far. (QNA)
