Ministry of national defense press office stated the operations have been conducted by support of Afghan air and artillery forces to suppress anti-government militias in insecure areas of Kunar, Nangarhar, Ghazni, Maidan/Wardak, Khost, Paktia, Logar, Paktika, Kandahar, Zabul, Ghor, Balkh, Badghis, Samangan, Faryab and Helmand provinces. As many as 44 terrorists were killed and 11 others were wounded during the military operations, the source added.