23 April

At least 18 militants have been killed in separate incidents  in two Afghan provinces, the country's Ministry of Defense said Tuesday.

In eastern Ghazni province, eight Taliban militants were killed and a Taliban control and command post was destroyed by an airstrike conducted by the NATO-led coalition forces in support of Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) in Qala-e-Shir village, Andar district, the ministry said in a statement.

In addition, a Haqqani militant group's famous commander named Mullah Ramadan was killed, his subordinate named Mohammad Rahim was injured and two Haqqani militants were arrested after ANDSF launched two targeted night raid operations in Ghazni's Nawa and Gelan districts Monday night, according to the statement.

The Haqqani network, which was designated as a terrorist group by the United States in 2012, is a military wing of Taliban militant group.

A coalition airstrike destroyed an ammunition depot of Taliban in Dih Yak district of the province, 125 km south of the country's capital, Kabul.

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