KABUL (TIP): At least seven militants were killed in separate military operations in Afghanistan, the interior ministry said in a statement on January 14. The Afghan police, army and the National Directorate for Security (NDS) have carried out several operations in Baghlan, Zabul, Uruzgan and Farah provinces and killed at least seven Taliban militants, injured three and arrested six others, Xinhua quoted the ministry as saying. They also found weapons and defused several improvised explosive devices and roadside bombs, it said.
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