(MENAFN- QNA) At least 19 Taliban militants were killed following military operations by Afghan national army soldiers, defense officials said Thursday.
Gen. Zahir Azimi, spokesman for the ministry of defense, said the operations were conducted in various provinces of the country during the past 24 hours.
Azimi further added that various types of weapons, ammunition and explosives including 36 rounds of improvised explosive device (IED) were also seized during the operations, according to the Afghan (Khaama Press).
He said two Afghan national army soldiers were also martyred following improvised explosive device (IED) explosion.
No further details were given regarding the exact location where the Afghan army soldiers were martyred, but Gen. Azimi said the soldiers were martyred in the past 24 hours.
Taliban militants group has not commented regarding the report so far.
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