Kabul: At least 25 Taliban militants, including two commanders, were killed and eight others injured during a raid in Afghanistan's Helmand province, the Army said on Saturday.
"The Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) launched an operation in Naway-i-Barakzai of Helmand on Friday, leading to the above-mentioned casualties," Xinhua news agency quoted the Army's Corps 215 Maiwand as saying in a statement.
The operation aimed at disturbing militants' activities in the region as the militants tried to conduct attacks on ANDSF positions.