According to the local officials, the militants were attempting tocarry out rocket attack on the U.S.-run Bagram airbase when they came under airstrike.
Provincial governor’s spokesperson Wahda Shahkar confirmed the incident and said the militants were targeted in an airstrike carried out by the U.S. forces.
She said the incident took place late on Friday in the vicinity of Nasru Qala area of Bagram district.
The anti-government armed militant groups including Taliban militants have not commented regarding the report so far.
Parwan is among the relatively volatile provinces in northern Afghanistan where the Taliban insurgents are actively operating in some of its remote districts and often carry out insurgency activities.
Roadside bombings, suicide attacks, target killings, and other forms of terrorist attacks are often reported from the restive districts of Parwan.