KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Dispatches) -- A total of seven insurgents including their group commander were killed during a military operation in Kandahar province, south Afghanistan on Saturday, National Directorate of Security (NDS) or the country's prime intelligence agency said in a statement released on Sunday.
"During a special operation of the personnel of NDS launched in Maiwand district on Saturday, seven rebels including their group commander were killed," the short statement said without providing more details.
Meanwhile, Afghan army troops seized a militants' container of arms and ammunition in the country's southern Uruzgan province, an official said Sunday.
The container, packed with various types of arms, walkie-talkie, explosive ordnances and hundreds of light arms' bullets, was discovered and confiscated during an overnight operation in Dehyak area outside provincial capital Tirin Kot city, Khawja Yahya Alvi, an army spokesman in the southern region, told media.
According to the official, the Taliban militants were planning to use the arms and ammunition in high-profile attacks against government forces in the relatively restive province.