By KUNA
Kabul : The US-led coalition forces said they had detained 11 Taliban militants during a joint operation with Afghan troops in the southeastern zone.
A statement released from the coalition forces’ Bagram base here on Friday said the suspected militants were captured in Khost province.
All those held were accused of having links with foreign fighters and were allegely involved “in improvised explosive devices attacks and weapons facilitations,” said the statement.
In a separate operation, the Afghan and coalition troops discovered “a number of improvised explosive device (IED) making materials, several hand-grenades, small-arms, ammunition and ammunition vests”, the statement said.
The multi-national Coalition forces, with majority a 16,000-strong U.S. troops, are deployed in Afghanistan for fighting militants and ensuring security.
On Thursday, a homicide bomber attacked a two-vehicle convoy of the American forces in Kabul killing six civilians and injuring 15 more. It was learnt later that four soldiers traveling in the convoy were slightly injured.
Earlier, a similar attack was carried out on a convoy of Canadian troops in the southern province of Kandahar which also caused civilian casualties. The Thursday suicide attack in Kabul was staged after a lull of more than 20 days.