At least five Taliban insurgents were killed by Afghan security forces in an operation conducted in Shina Qala village of Barak-e Barak district of Logar province, officials said.

Security officials declared that Afghan forces seized a number of weapons during the operation.
Taliban have not commented regarding the incident so far.
In the meantime, the Afghan forces found two Improvised Explosives Devices (IED) in the Jaghtu district of Ghazni province and detonated them.