Security operations across Afghanistan kill 20 militants

At least twenty militants affiliated with the Taliban and ISIS were killed during separate operations conducted in southern Kandahar and eastern Nangarhar provinces.

Afghan Special Forces conducted a raid in Band-e Timor area of Kandahar killing 15 Taliban fighters and destroying a small weapons cache and bomb making materials.

An air strike in Khogyani district of Nangarhar province killed 5 ISIS fighters.

The Afghan Special Forces also conducted a raid in Sherzad district and destroyed five caches of hashish.

Afghan forces have intensified their security operations, in cooperation with coalition forces, in the country's troubled regions. (QNA)