Nato said it captured a Taliban leader in Afghanistan’s Wardak province. — Photo by AFP

KABUL: Nato on Saturday said it has killed at least eight insurgents and captured a Taliban leader in several operations throughout Afghanistan.

The coalition said five of the insurgents were killed a day earlier in an operation targeting a Taliban leader in the northern Kunduz province. It was unclear whether the Taliban leader was among those killed or detained.

In the Taliban's traditional southern stronghold of Kandahar, Nato launched two airstrikes targeting a Taliban militant allegedly involved in a December 12 suicide car bombing that killed three insurgents. It was unclear if the militant was killed or escaped.

In a third operation, Nato said it captured a Taliban leader in the central province of Wardak.