Three Taliban terrorists have been killed, and five more have suffered injuries in a pre-emptive strike by the Afghan armed forces in Helmand province, the country's military said in a statement on Sunday.

Afghan Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah met NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg today in Kabul and discussed the peace process and NATO’s long-term commitment to Afghanistan.

In Afghanistan, not many have expressed optimism over the announcement by the United States that Daesh leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed. 

As many as four civilians lost their lives and 11 others were injured in a suicide blast on the Kabul-Logar highway in eastern Afghanistan's Logar province on Thursday.