Afghan Ministry of Defense said in a statement that in the past 24 hours at least 25 insurgents were killed during ground and airstrike operations by Afghan forces in different parts of the country. 

The ministry said the forces conducted 14 clearance operations, 21 special operations and 44 air support operations. 
 
According to the ministry during the operations, 25 insurgents were killed, 14 were wounded and five others including a Daesh militant were arrested.

The operations were conducted in Nangarhar, Laghman, Ghazni, Kandahar, Uruzgan, Zabul, Farah, Faryab, Takhar, Sar-e-Pul, Nimroz and Helmand provinces, MoD said. 

During the operations enemy hideouts and weapons were destroyed, the MoD added.