KANDAHAR, Aug 15: Seven suspected Taliban militants were killed and 15 were arrested, including one of the militia’s commanders, in separate incidents in southern Afghanistan, officials said on Monday.

Six of the insurgents were killed on Sunday as they fled after attacking a security post close to Tirin Kot, the capital of restive Uurzgan province, provincial governor Jan Mohammed Khan said.

In addition nine suspected Taliban fighters were arrested in a village near Tirin Kot as part of a search operation by the Afghan National Army and US-led forces.

“We arrrested nine Taliban including a local Taliban commander, Mullah Janan,” governor said.

Six other armed Taliban were arrested in another district of Uruzgan province on Sunday, Mr Khan added.—AFP