The Afghan security forces targeted a group of Taliban militants in Ghormach district of Faryab as they were planning to launch an attack near the compound of Vice President General Abdul Rashid Dostum.

The Office of the First Vice President in a statement said the operation was conducted late on Saturday night.

The statement further added that the Taliban insurgents were forced to leave the area after the operation was launched and the group’s militants have suffered casualties in the gun battle.

No further details were given regarding the exact number of Taliban casualties but the Office of the First Vice President said numerous documents including identity cards and Pakistani passports as well as job descriptions were confiscated from the area.

This comes as Taliban militants ambushed Vice President Dostum as he was accompanying a convoy of the security forces on the way to Ghormach district that fell to Taliban control last week.

Initial reports indicated the First Vice President sustained a minor injury in the attack as it was confirmed by CEO Abdullah but the office of the Chief Executive released a statement late on Monday and said Gen. Dostum did not suffer any injury, emphasizing that CEO

Abdullah made the remarks during the Ministers’ Council meeting based on inappropriate and initial reports.

This is not the first time Gen. Dostum has came under attack by Taliban militants or has escaped assassination plot by the group.

Gen. Dostum first joined the Afghan security forces in the frontline in northern Faryab province earlier in the month of August last year where he survived at least two assassination plots by the anti-government armed militant groups while he was leading counter-terrorism operations.

Initially his convoy was ambushed by the Taliban in militants in Qaisar district in mid August 2015 while another plot to assassinate him was thwarted by the security forces and his special security guards few days later.

At least three suicide bombers were arrested from the vicinity of Gen. Dostum’s residence in Qaisar district in connection to the attack plot last year.