At least 13 Taliban militants have been killed and a number of villages cleared of their presence as a result of ongoing operations in Khogyani and Surkhrod districts of eastern Nangarhar province, officials said on Sunday.

Security officials on Monday said eight Taliban militants have been killed and their weapons destroyed in separate airstrikes in Laghman and Kapisa provinces.

In pursuit of Taliban militants, Afghan security forces raided a civilian home and killed four women in Chahar Dara district of northern Kunduz province last night.