Security forces eliminated 30 militants and destroyed huge amount of illicit drug during a raid against insurgents in a far-flange area of southern Helmand province, the Interior Ministry said in a statement released on Wednesday.

"The operation involving Counter-Narcotics police and the NATO- led troops targeted Baramcha bazaar in Disho district of Helmand province on Saturday. As a result 30 insurgents were killed," the statement asserted.

During the operation, the troops also seized huge amount of illicit drug and huge quantity of arms and ammunition including rocket-propelled grenade, Kalashnikovs, hand grenades, bullets and 23,700 kg of ammonium nitrate used in manufacturing home-made bombs by Taliban militants and destroyed, the statement said.