The Afghan forces seized a massive arsenal of munitions of Taliban during an operation in northern Faryab province.

The 209th Shaheen Corps in a statement said the National Defense and Security Forces conducted the operation in Qarghan district of Faryab.

The statement further added that the arsenal of weapons of belonged to the shadow district chief of Taliban of Qarghan.

The security forces confiscated 100 rounds of rockets, 4 boxes of hand grenades, 100 mortar rounds, 50 rounds of rocket launcher rockets, 5000 rounds of PKM machine gun ammunition, 5000 rounds of Ak-47 rifle ammunition and several improvised explosive devices, the statement added.

The Taliban group has not commented in this regard so far.