At least 16 Taliban militants were killed in a clash with Afghan's National Directorate of Security (NDS) forces in the war-torn country's western Farah province.
Additionally, nine other militants were wounded; Afghan's TOLO News reported quoting the statement issued by the NDS late Saturday.
According to the statement, the clashes took place after a convoy of NDS forces was ambushed by the Taliban militants.
No group has taken responsibility for the attack so far.
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