At least 57 insurgents, including Daesh militants, have been killed in the past 24 hours across the country in Afghan security forces joint operations, the Interior Ministry said in a statement.

According to the statement among the 57 insurgents killed, 18 were Daesh militants.

During the operation 22 other insurgents were wounded, the statement said.

The operations were conducted in Laghman, Uruzgan, Helmand, Nangarhar, Paktiya, Kunduz, Ghazni and Sar-e-Pul provinces, the statement added.

During the operation security forces seiized weapons and destroyed two vehicles.

No information was provided about civilian or military casualties.