At least 50 militants were killed and more than 30 others injured in Dand-e-Ghori district of northern Baghlan province, Abdul Razeq, a senior army officer, said Saturday.

According to the official, the government forces launched operations against Taliban bastion in Dand-e-Ghori district from ground and air on Thursday night and the operations lasted until Friday morning.

Fifty  insurgents have been killed and more than 30 others injured, the official added.

The restive Dand-e-Ghori district, 3 km outside provincial capital Pul-e-Khumri, has been regarded as the Taliban main base in the troubled Baghlan province.

Taliban militants who have been ruling the restive Dand-e-Ghori district over the past five years have yet to make comments on the situation.