(KUNA) -- The US-led coalition and Afghan forces claimed detaining four Taliban militants and an insurgent leader during an operation in southern Afghanistan.A statement from US' Bagram base here on Saturday said that operation was conducted in Qalat, capital of the country's Zabul province on Friday. Without revealing his name, the military statement said one of the detainees has been identified as commander of the militants in Zabul province.
Separately, the Taliban militants claimed they had downed a coalition forces drone in central Afghanistan, however, the troops did not comment. The pilotless aircrafts having a length of some one and a half metre are used for spying missions. Earlier, a similar plane had come down in the southeastern province of Khost. Taliban had claimed responsibility for its shooting down but the foreign troops had said it had dropped due to technical reasons. Both Taliban militants and the Afghan government usually made tall claims of casualties and losses against their opponents while hide their own.