"#ANA cleared off Jalriz — Maidan Wardak highway from Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...and IEDs last night," said the MoD in a tweet.
According to the statement, the roadside mines were planted by the Taliban bad boys, which was the discovered and defused by security forces.
"They highway was was blocked due to IEDs placed by #Taliban," the tweet added. "During the operations conducted by commandos, 14 Taliban were killed and 20 IEDs were discovered and defused."
The Taliban did not immediately comment on the incident.