Afghanistan's intelligence agency National Directorate of Security said on Saturday its special forces killed 13 Taliban militants in a raid on their gathering in eastern Paktika province.

The operation happened in Khairbin village of Yosuf Kheil district, NDS said in a statement.
Two senior militant commanders and one foreign militant were among those died, the statement said.
The statement identified the dead commanders as Khalid, military chief of the Taliban for the provincial capital Sharan, Sanaullah, intelligence chief for the city and Ghairat, a brother of Taliban’s shadow governor for Mata Khan district.
Arms and ammunition were also seized in the raid, the statement said.