At least seven Taliban militants were killed and six others were arrested during military operations by Afghan security forces in the past 24 hours.

The operations were conducted by Afghan national police in cooperation with the Afghan national army and Afghan intelligence – National Directorate of Security (NDS) operatives, interior ministry said following a statement.

The statement further added that the operations were conducted in Kabul, Nangarhar, Laghman, Kandahar, Maidan Wardak, Logar and Paktia provinces.

Interior ministry said Afghan national security forces also confiscated various types of weapons and explosives during the operations.

Afghan national police forces discovered and seized 29 improvised explosive device (IED) during operations in Helmand, Kandahar, Laghman and Nangarhar provinces, the statement added.

Interior ministry said the improvised explosive devices were recently planted by Taliban militants to carry out insurgency attacks.