At least 53 Taliban militants were killed and 14 others were injured during military operations by Afghan national security forces in the past 24 hours.
The operations were jointly conducted by Afghan national police, Afghan national army and Afghan intelligence – National Directorate of Security (NDS) operatives.
Interior Ministry following a statement said Sunday that the militants were killed or injured in Kunduz, Kandahar, Logar, Paktia and Helmand provinces.
The statement further added that a number of the Taliban commanders were among those killed or injured and at least 2 Taliban militants were also arrested during the operations.
Afghan security forces confiscated various types of light and heavy weapons along with explosives during the operations, interior ministry said.
The statement by interior ministry also added that Afghan national police (ANP) forces discovered and seized 7 rounds of improvised explosive device (IED) during operations in Baghlan, Logar, Khost and Nimroz provinces.
Interior Ministry said the improvised explosive device (IEDs) were recently planted by Taliban militants for insurgency attacks.
Taliban militants group has not commented regarding the report so far.