KABUL
12 militants were killed during operations against the Taliban in the last 24 hours in Afghanistan.
An additional 14 Taliban members were wounded in the provinces of Helmand, Farah, Paktika, Ghazni, Wardak, Uruzgan, Kandahar, Zabul, Kunduz, Baghlan, Kapisa, and Kunar according to an Afghanistan Ministry of Interior statement.
Arms and explosives were seized during operations, the Interior Ministry also stated.
The figures from the Ministry of Interior were refuted by Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahed and he additionally claimed that Taliban members had killed a large number of Afghan and foreign soldiers over the last 24 hours.
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