As many as 62 insurgents have been killed and another 17 wounded during security forces’ operations in various provinces over the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Defense said in a statement on Thursday.
The MoD statement said the Afghan forces conducted 19 operations during the period in Nangarhar, Ghazni, Paktia, Khost, Kandahar, Zabul, Uruzgan, Badghis, Herat, Faryab, Baghlan, Sar-i-Pul and Helmand provinces.
It said the dead militants included five Daesh affiliates and as many the Haqqani network members. Several weapons and one motorcycle were confiscated during the raids.
