Afghan police during series of operations against anti-government militants have killed three armed insurgents and captured eight others over the past 24 hours, Interior Ministry said in a statement released here on Tuesday.

"During the operations conducted in Faryab, Kandahar, Helmand and Uruzgan provinces over the past 24 hours, three armed rebels have been killed, one injured and eight others made captive," the statement stated.

A number of arms and ammunitions including 110 anti-personnel and anti-vehicle mines has also been seized by police, it farther said.

Taliban militants fighting Afghan and NATO-led troops have yet to make comment.