A total of 118 insurgents have been killed in Afghan and NATO-led Coalition forces operations over the past 18 days, a spokesman for Afghan Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.

"Some 118 insurgents have been killed, 30 injured and 930 more suspected insurgents have been detained during the joint and independent operations carried out by Afghan National Army (ANA) and Coalition forces over the past 18 days," General Zahir Azimi told reporters in a joint press conference with the spokesman of NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Brigadier General Carsten Jacobson.

Azimi also said some 31 ANA personnel were killed and 134 others were injured over the same period.