Twenty-two Taliban militants were killed during airstrikes conducted by Afghan Air Force in two western provinces on Tuesday, the military said Wednesday.

More than 500 newly graduated officers and soldiers joined the Afghan national army in southern region, an army source said on Saturday.

At least 65 militants were killed and nine others wounded in multiple extensive military crackdowns carried out by the Afghan security forces across the country in the past 24 hours, security officials said Monday.

 The military officials of Nangarhar province reported from killing of at least 50 Taliban insurgents in clearing operation in Shirzad district, of that province.

The Afghan Minister of Defense Asadullah Khalid says he supports the peace talks only if the sacrifices of Afghan forces are respected.

 At least 70 militants have been killed and 23 others wounded in multiple extensive military crackdowns conducted by the Afghan security forces in the past 24 hours, security officials said Monday.

 Afghan security forces killed 41‘terrorists’ and wounded 40 others in fire exchange as part of a crackdown on terrorist hideouts across Afghanistan.

Afghan security forces have killed more than thirty one extremist militants in countrywide pre-emptive military crackdowns which left nineteen others wounded over past day.

At least 17 Taliban insurgents have been killed during an operation in central Uruzgan province, officials said Saturday.

Afghan security forces and local residents have launched joint operations in the mountainous areas of Nazian District, Nangarhar Province, targeting remnants of ISIS Terrorist group.

About 1,000 newly graduated Afghan soldiers joined the country's national army on Sunday, a senior army official said on Sunday.