Thirty-seven Taliban militants have been killed in fighting with the security forces in Afghanistan, the interior ministry said Saturday.
The deaths occurred during overnight joint operations by the Afghan police and army and NATO-led coalition forces.
The raids were conducted in Kabul, Faryab, Kandahar, Zabul, Wardak and Helmand provinces, Xinhua quoted the ministry as saying.
At least 32 people were killed and over 50 injured in twin suicide bomb attacks at a mosque in the Iraqi capital, an interior ministry official said.
Eleven militants have been killed in three separate operations in Afghanistan, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said Sunday.
Afghan army and police supported by NATO-led forces have eliminated 29 Taliban militants and detained 45 others in different operations across the country, the interior ministry said Wednesday.
Unidentified men abducted two foreign tourists in Yemen's Taiz province Monday, said a government official seeking anonymity.
