"An airstrike conducted by NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) killed two insurgents who were busy in planting IED along a road in Sozanian village of Shah Wali Kot district at around 04:00 p.m. local time on Monday," said the statement.
The bodies of the two militants were recovered by police and no civilian casualties or property damages were reported after the operation, it said.
It added that police found and defused two more explosive devices near the gate of municipality office building in first precinct of Kandahar city, the capital of Kandahar province Monday.
Taliban militants who largely rely on IED and suicide attacks have yet to make comment.
The Taliban-led insurgency has been rampant since the militant group launched spring offensive on May 1 against Afghan security force and NATO-led troops stationed in Afghanistan.
Five civilians were killed on Monday when their vehicle ran over a roadside bomb in Qaisar district of northern Faryab province.
(Uu.H-AK)
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