At least 47 militants were killed or wounded during the separate operations conducted by the Afghan and U.S. forces in Khost and Maidan Wardak provinces.

The 203rd Thunder Corps of the Afghan Military in the Southeast in a statement said at least 30 militants were killed and 8 others were wounded during the operations and airstrikes in Kohna Dara, Khumar, and Salman Fars areas of Jalrez district.

The statement further added that a Dshk heavy machine gun and two Humvee armored personnel carriers seized by the militants were also destroyed during the operations.

In the meantime, the U.S. forces carried out airstrikes in Sparakai area of Nader Shah Kot district in southeastern Khost province, leaving at least four militants dead.

According to 203rd Thunder Corps, a vehicle was also destroyed during the airstrike while the Afghan forces killed a militant and wounded another one in Sabaro district of the province.

The Afghan forces also repulsed an attack by the militants in Surobi district of Paktika province, leaving at least 3 militants dead while a rocket launcher and a motorcycle were confiscated by the security forces, the 203rd Thunder Corps added.

In other operations, the Afghan forces confiscated three improvised explosive devices in Syedabad district of Maidan Wardak province, the Thunder Corps said.