One hundred and eighty-five Taliban militants were killed overnight during operations by defense and security forces in 14 Provinces, stated the Ministry of Defense (MoD), reports Bakhtar News Agency on August 8. The MoD stated that the Taliban were killed in security, defense and popular uprisings with the support of the air force in insecure areas of Nangarhar, Logar, Ghazni, Paktika, Maidan Wardak, Kandahar, Herat, Farah. Jawzjan, Samangan, Helmand, Takhar, Baghlan and Kapisa Provinces. The MoD added that during the operation, another 120 Taliban were injured and a large number of their weapons were destroyed. In the past 24 hours, the security troops also discovered and defused 13 Taliban-laden mines from unsafe areas in a number of Provinces.