The Afghan military killed at least 13 Taliban fighters on Sunday, a day after the insurgent group rejected an Afghan government team created for talks aimed at ending the country's 18-year conflict.

The Afghan Security Forces have killed at least 14 militants in separate clashes erupted between them in southern Helmand and Zabul provinces.

While Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) are on the defensive position based on instruction of the country’s President, Taliban have increased their attacks on the Afghan forces in recent days.

According to Reuters report citing US Armed Forces source, the US conducted airstrike on the Taliban fighters in Afghanistan province of Helmand on Wednesday

The news comes after American officials and the Taliban movement signed a peace agreement in the Qatari capital of Doha, stipulating foreign troop withdrawal from Afghanistan.

 A total of six Taliban fighters have given up fighting in the western Badghis province and handed over their weapons to local authorities in the provincial capital Qala-e-Naw on Monday, provincial government Spokesman Najmudin Burhani said Tuesday.

The Taliban ordered all its fighters “to refrain from any kind of attack” on Saturday ahead of the signing of an agreement with the U.S. diplomats aimed at bringing peace to Afghanistan, Reuters reported.

Isolated attacks take place, reports say, on first day of "violence reduction period" which if observed successfully will lead to US-Taliban deal and a subsequent pullout of US troops after nearly two decades in country.

A total of 28 Taliban fighters have given up fighting and surrendered to security forces in the eastern Nangarhar province on Saturday, provincial governor Shah Mahmoud Miakhil said.

Afghan forces have used ground attacks and air strikes in multiple operations against the Taliban over a 24-hour period, killing 51 fighters in an escalation that signals renewed deadlock in peace talks.

At least 10 civilians were burned after Taliban militants set ablaze several shops in northern Jawzjan province, Abdul Marof Azar, a spokesman for Jawzjan governor said.

A group of four Taliban fighters who have blown up a power pylon in Salang district was arrested, National Directorate of Security (NDS) said in a statement.

Including foreign rebels, dozens anti-government militias were killed during military operations conducted by Afghan security forces in western Herat province.

The Taliban captured a district center Wednesday in southern Afghanistan, killing at least 13 government soldiers. The fighting comes as Russia asserted the Taliban is getting stronger and called for increased efforts to reach a negotiated settlement to the 17-year-old war.

At least six militants have been killed and 11 others sustained injuries as a clash erupted between security forces and the Taliban fighters in Shamulzayi district of the southern Zabul province, said an army statement released here Monday.

Seven Taliban fighters including a mine maker were confirmed dead as fighting aircraft targeted Taliban hideouts in Andar and Gero districts of the restive Ghazni province on Saturday, provincial government spokesman Aref Nuri said Sunday.

More than 40 fighters, mostly militants, have been killed in clashes between security forces and the Taliban outfit in conflict-plagued Afghanistan over the past 24 hours, officials said Wednesday.

Recently, 8 members of Taliban and ISIS terrorist groups were killed and four others were wounded during clashes in eastern Nangarhar province.

Taliban fighters stormed army checkpoints in southern Afghanistan near the Pakistani border overnight, killing 20 troops, an official said Tuesday.

Afghan authorities reported over 30 fatalities in a series of clashes involving Taliban fighters.