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At least seven militants were killed and 18 others were captured in an operation by Afghan and Nato-led troops in the country in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Interior Affairs said.
The Afghan Minister of Interior Affairs said in a statement on Sunday that the troops launched nine joint operations in Kabul, Helmand, Uruzgan, Ghazni, Khost, Paktia and Herat provinces, it said.
The forces also seized many weapons during the operations, it added.
Afghan and Nato-led troops recently increased military operations in the country to clear militants.
It comes as on Saturday Isaf said that a Haqqani network leader was captured in a joint operation by Afghan and Coalition troops in eastern Khost province on Friday.
The leader operated a bomb-making cell in Mandozai district and planned attacks against coalition forces throughout the province, it said.
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