13 militants killed in Afghanistan's southern province

QALAT, Afghanistan, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- A total of 13 militants have been killed and five others wounded in the restive Mizan district of Afghanistan's southern Zabul province over the past one week, said a statement of the provincial police released here on Wednesday.

The operations, according to the statement, have covered parts of Mizan district during which large quantity of arms and ammunitions as well as several motorbikes of the insurgents have been destroyed.

Taliban militants have yet to make comment on the report.