[Quqnoos] The Afghan Defense Ministry says 21 militants have been killed in three separate operations in the country.The ministry said in a statement that attacks by Afghan and NATO forces on Sunday killed eight insurgents in southern Helmand province and six in eastern Ghazni province.
The Ghazni operation was carried out by the Afghan and NATO-led forces a day after Taliban militants gunned down a Polish soldier in the province.
Afghan forces also killed seven militants in northern Kunduz province on Sunday, according to officials.
The north has become more violent in recent months as the Taliban and other militant groups have expanded their targets beyond the turbulent south and east.
The ministry did not report any casualties for Afghan or NATO forces, and did not go into detail about the attacks.
NATO and Afghan forces have launched multiple military operations across the country as the US and its Western allies will deploy an additional 37,000 reinforcement forces to Afghanistan in the next six months.
Currently, more than 100,000 foreign troops are based in Afghanistan with nearly 70,000 of them American and the rest from other allies.