Feel good story of the day.

Via Global Times:

Up to 18 Taliban militant have been killed in one-day military operations in different Afghan provinces, the country’s Interior Ministry said Monday.

“Afghan National Police (ANP) supported by the army and the NATO-led coalition forces launched four cleanup operations in Kabul, Nangarhar, Paktika and Helmand provinces, killing 18 armed Taliban insurgents and detaining four others within the past 24 hours,” the ministry said in a statement providing daily operational updates.

Separately, four militant, who were emplacing Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) along a main road in Sayed Abad district, eastern Wardak province, were killed when their IEDs went off prematurely on Sunday, according to the statement.

HT: Jay