At least 20 Taliban militants were killed in the past 24 hours during a nationwide operation led by the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF), the Ministry of Interior (MoI) said in a statement on Monday.
One insurgent injured and six other were arrested.
"Within the past 24 hours, the Afghan army, police and intelligence agency carried out several operations in Uruzgan, Herat, Helmand, Faryab, Baghlan, Ghazni, Kandahar and Wardak provinces to rid them of insurgents," the statement read.
According to the statement, ANSF did not only seize enemy weapons, but also defused five mines in southern Kandahar and Paktia provinces.
"The mines were recently placed by the insurgents in the areas for terrorism act," the statement said.
The statement did not provide details about the number of ANSF casualties.
The Taliban have not yet commented about the operations. Tolo News
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