Eighteen Taliban militants were killed and nine others were injured in a military operation in Nangarhar Province of Afghanistan, reports Bakhtar News Agency on June 12. Nangarhar press office said in a news release that 18 militants had been killed and nine others injured in the operation. Three Pakistani Taliban militants are also said to have been killed. Another Taliban militant was also arrested in the incident. According to reports, special Security Forces attacked on four Taliban headquarters in the Surkhrod and Hasakah Mina Districts.