3 Taliban militants, 5 injured in Afghan operations

At least three Taliban militants were killed and five and others were injured during coordinated military operations conducted by Afghan national security forces.The operations were conducted during the past 24 hours Afghan national police, Afghan natioanl army and Afghan intelligence – National Directorate of Security (NDS) operatives.The interior ministry of Afghanistan following a statement confirmed that three Taliban militants were killed and five others were injured during military operations in Nangarhar, Kapisa, Kunduz, Kandahar, Zabul and Logar provinces of Afghanistan.The statement further added that the operations were conducted by Afghan national security forces to clear the mentioned areas from militants activities.Afghan national security forces also discovered and seized weapons, ammunition and explosives during the military operations, interior ministry added in its statement, relayed by Khaama press today.According to interior ministry officials, Afghan national police forces discovered and seized at least four improvised explosive device (IEDs) during separate operations in Nangarahr, Kandahar and Nimroz provinces of Afghanistan. The IEDs were recently planted by Taliban militants to carry out terrorist attacks, interior ministry officials said. Taliban militants group has not commented regarding the report so far.