Afghan police have killed 12 militants and arrested 33 others during cleanup operation within day, said the country's Interior Ministry on Tuesday morning.

"Afghan National Police (ANP), supported by the army, intelligence agency and the NATO-led coalition forces, carried out several cleanup operations in Helmand, Ghor, Paktiya, Logar, Wardak, Uruzgan, Kandahar, Kunduz, Baghlan and Nangarhar provinces over the past 24 hours. As a result, 12 armed Taliban were killed, two wounded and 33 others were arrested," the ministry said in a statement.

The ANP also discovered and defused several landmines placed by enemies of Afghanistan for destructive activities in Laghman, Baghlan, Jowzjan and Logar provinces over the same period of time, it added.

The Taliban outfit has yet to make comments.