At least four insurgents were killed in operations carried out by the Afghan forces and the NATO-led coalition troops in eastern provinces, the coalition confirmed on Monday.

"Afghan and coalition forces killed four insurgents, and cleared three improvised explosive devices (IEDs) during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours," the coalition's Regional Command-East (RC-East) said in a statement.

The insurgents were killed in Qarah Bagh district, Ghazni province with Ghazni city as its capital 100 km south of Afghan capital Kabul, the statement said, adding that the ANSF and coalition forces found and safely cleared an IED in Ghazni District.

Two other IEDs were found in Khost and neighboring Laghman province.

Operations in RC-East are still ongoing, the statement added.

Taliban insurgent group, which has been waging an insurgency of more than a decade, has yet to make comments.