At least 14 insurgents were killed and nine others injured during a series of coordinated operations conducted by Afghan forces over the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Interior Affairs (MoIA) announced on Saturday.

Six others were said to have been arrested in the operations.

In a statement released by the MoIA, "the Afghan National Police (ANP), Afghan National Army (ANA) and the National Directorate of Security (NDS), conducted several anti-terrorism joint operations in Paktika, Kandahar, Logar, and Ghazni provinces."

The MoIA did not provide details about Afghan forces' casualties during the raids. And self-identified Taliban spokespeople have not yet commented on the operations.

The statement read that "during these operations, ANP discovered and confiscated light and heavy rounds of ammunition and IEDs."

Afghan and foreign officials have praised the Afghan security forces for their resilient responsibility during last Saturday's elections. With barely any violence around the country -on a day the Taliban had promised to attack officials, voters and polling sites- the reinforcements distributed nationwide and with additional precautionary measures taken by the security forces have paid off.

There are over 350,000 Afghan soldiers serving in the ANA at the moment, with thousands more in the academy. Some fresh recruits, not yet out of training, were reportedly deployed on Saturday to boost military presence in certain areas.

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