22 militants killed in Afghan raids in 24 hours: official

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KABUL, Sept. 29 -- Twenty-two militants were killed in operations in Afghanistan, the country's Interior Ministry said Sunday morning.

"In past 24 hours, Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF), supported by the NATO-led coalition troops, conducted several cleanup operations in Nangarhar, Faryab, Kandahar, Uruzgan, Herat, Helmand and Nimroz provinces. As a result 22 armed Taliban were killed, 12 wounded and eight others were arrested by the ANSF," the ministry said in a statement providing daily operational updates.

They also found and seized weapons and defused roadside bomb, it noted.

The ANSF has intensified operations against Taliban and other militant groups recently. More than 550 militants had been killed and 250 arrested since beginning this month, according the figure released by the ministry.

In eastern Warak province, seven Taliban, including a local leader Mawlawi Enhan, were killed in a joint overnight operation in Nirkh district, a provincial government spokesman told Xinhua.

The Taliban insurgent group has not made comments yet.

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