11 Taliban militants killed in Afghan raids

Security forces have killed 11 Taliban militants in different provinces within the last 24 hours, the Afghan Interior Ministry said on Tuesday. "Afghan police, army and intelligence agency in partnership with the NATO-led coalition forces conducted six cleanup operations in Kapisa, Kandahar, Zabul, Uruzgan, Wardak and Paktiya provinces, killing 11 armed Taliban militants and detaining nine others," the ministry said in a statement, adding two militants were wounded in the raids. They also found and seized weapons, the statement said, without saying if there were any casualties on the side of security forces. The Taliban insurgent group, which has been waging an insurgency of more than one decade, has yet to make comments.