Afghan security forces have killed 10 Taliban militants and detained 30 others in the southern Uruzgan province, provincial police chief Juma Gul Humat said Sunday.

"Afghan police and army have so far killed 10 Taliban rebels and captured 30 others during a joint operation launched 10 days ago in several villages outside provincial capital Trinkot," Humat told Xinhua.

He also said that a number of arms and ammunitions including Kalashnikov rifles had been seized from the militants' possessions.

The police chief also emphasized that it was a purely Afghan forces operation conducted without the involvement of NATO-led troops.

Humat said that the operation may continue for a few more days to wipe out insurgents from the area.

Taliban militants who are fighting Afghan and NATO-led troops in Afghanistan have yet to make comment.

Uruzgan and the neighboring Helmand, Zabul and Kandahar provinces have been regarded as the hotbed of Taliban militants as the insurgents are more active there than other parts of the country.