At least 27 Taliban militants were killed or injured following military operations conducted 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. 

The operations were conducted in Kabul, Kunar, Nangarhar, Laghman, Kandahar, Paktika and Helmand provinces of Afghanistan. 

Interior ministry of Afghanistan following a statement confirmed 24 Taliban militants were killed and 3 others were injured during the operations. 

The statement further added that 11 Taliban militants were also arrested during the military operations. 

Afghan security forces discovered and seized weapons, ammunition and explosives during the operations, interior ministry said in its statement.
 
In separate operations, Afghan national police forces discovered and seized six improvised explosive device (IEDs) from Kabul, Uruzgan and Khost provinces. 

According to interior ministry, the IEDs were recently planted by Taliban militants to carry out terrorist attacks in these provinces.(KP)