At least three Taliban insurgents have been arrested Saturday in a security forces operation in central Logar province, local officials said.
The operation was launched in Barak-e-Barak district of the province during which Assadullah, also known as Delawar, Qari Abdullah and Qari Sayed were captured, provincial spokesman Din Mohammad Darwish told TOLOnews Friday night.
"The men were involved in several attacks against the government in the district and the security forces seized many weapons during the raid," he said.
Barack-e-Barack district is considered insecure in the province and insurgents frequently target local and Nato troops.
It comes as one insurgent was killed and 13 others were arrested in joint Afghan security force operations in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Interior said in a statement on Saturday.
"The operations were conducted in Logar, Nimroz, Ghazni, Zabul, Balkh, Jawzjan and Kunduz provinces. As a result one armed Taliban was killed and 13 other armed Taliban were arrested by Afghan National Security Forces," the statement said.
Also during these operations, Afghan National Police discovered and confiscated rounds of both light and heavy ammunition, as well as two different types of mines placed by insurgents in Helmand province, it added.