At least 48 militants were killed in separate airstrikes in Paktika province in southeastern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defense (MoD) said.
The airstrikes targeted the hideouts of the militants in Giyan and Zeruk districts, MoD said, adding that a commander of the group identified as Henzullah was among those killed.
The defense ministry further added that 36 militants were also wounded in the airstrikes and various weapons, ammunition and explosives belonging to the militants were destroyed.
The anti-government armed militant groups have not commented regarding the report so far.
Paktika is among the relatively volatile provinces in southeastern Afghanistan where anti-government armed militant groups are actively operating in a number of its districts and often carry out insurgency activities.
Militants belonging to the Taliban group as well as the notorious Haqqani terrorist network are operating in this province.
The network is accused of staging numerous cross-border attacks from their base in North Waziristan, including the 19-hour siege at the US Embassy in Kabul in September 2011.
The Afghan intelligence operatives arrested a group of 7 Haqqani network militants who were busy in terrorist activities in Gardez city recently.
48 militants killed, 36 wounded in Paktika airstrikes By KHAAMA PRESS – Thu Jun 02 2016
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