396 Taliban fighters have been killed and wounded in the past 24 hours

The Ministry of National Defense reports that 396 Taliban fighters have been killed and wounded in the past 24 hours in different parts of the country.

The ministry said in a statement that 235 Taliban fighters were killed and 161 others were wounded in counter-attacks by security and defense forces.

According to the ministry, the Taliban fighters were killed and wounded in Nangarhar, Laghman, Nooristan, Kunar, Ghazni, Kandahar, Zabul, Balkh, Faryab, Helmand, Baghlan, Badakhshan, Kunduz and Kapisa provinces.

According to the statement, 19 mines were discovered and defused by security forces in different parts of the country, and a large number of weapons and ammunition of this group were destroyed.