Thirty Taliban insurgents were killed Wednesday in the central Ghazni province of Afghanistan, an official told Xinhua. The militants were killed in Andar district by Afghan forces and police, said Abdul Ali Fakuri, the spokesman for Ghazni governor.

The conflict started in the morning in three villages of the district and is still ongoing, he said, adding there were no casualties of the forces and police.

Fakuri also said four foreigners were among the killed, but declined to identify them.

Meanwhile, Afghan police detained a Taliban commander named Mullah Aminullah and a foreign national in the province on Wednesday.

The U.S.-led coalition and Afghan forces had killed three militants on Tuesday afternoon in Qarabagh district of Ghazni.

Ghazni has been a hotbed of Taliban and other anti-government insurgents, who clash with government and foreign troops as well as Afghan police frequently.

Afghanistan is suffering from a rise of Taliban-linked violence this year, during which more than 2,300 people, mostly Taliban militants, have been killed.

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