(MENAFN- QNA) At least 50 Taliban militants were killed and 32 others were wounded following military operations by Afghan national security forces in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Interior said.
"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 ministry said in a statement.
The statement further added that the operations were conducted in Uruzgan, Nangarhar, Zabul, Khost, Kandahar, Ghazni, Jowzjan, Laghman, Paktika and Helmand provinces, as a result 50 armed Taliban members were killed, 32 wounded and 16 others were arrested by Afghan National Security Forces, according to the Afghan (Khaama Press).
Afghan National Police discovered and confiscated 18 AK-47 rifles, three rocket launchers, once machine gun, 62 different types of IEDs and some amount of light and heavy rounds ammunition, the statement added.
Taliban militants group has not commented regarding the report so far.
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