At least 91 Taliban militants were killed and 70 others were injured following military operations by Afghan national security forces in various provinces of the country.

The Ministry of Interior (MoI) following a statement said, Afghan National Police conducted several anti-terrorism joint operations with Afghan National Army and NDS to clean some of the areas from terrorists and enemies of peace and stability of Afghanistan.

The statement further added that the operations were conducted in Kunar, Nangarhar, Parwan, Takhar, Kandahar, Uruzgan, Ghazni, Khost, Paktika and Helmand proivinces.

As a result of the operations at least 35 armed Taliban members were killed, 70 wounded and 13 others were arrested by Afghan National Security Forces, the statement said.

Also, during these operations, Afghan National Police discovered and confiscated light and heavy rounds ammunition, the statement added.

Afghan National Police discovered and defused four different types of IEDs placed by enemies of Afghanistan for destructive activities in Chahar Dara district of Kunduz province.

The anti-government armed militant groups have not commented regarding the report so far.