Taliban fighters killed in clashes

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KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- At least 28 Taliban militants have been killed in fighting on Thursday in southern Afghanistan, Afghanistan's interior minister said.

Afghan police and soldiers have launched an operation to fight the insurgents in Helmand province, where British forces -- part of the NATO contingent in Afghanistan -- are stationed.

According to the official, Zmarai Bashiri, NATO soldiers are not involved in this operation. Bashiri said the death toll is expected to rise and the operation is still ongoing.

Meanwhile, eight suspected militants were arrested Thursday by coalition and Afghan forces in eastern and southern Afghanistan, the U.S.-led coalition command said.

Five people were detained at a compound near Asadabad in Kunar province in an operation targeting extremist facilitators suspected of helping militant fighters enter Afghanistan from Pakistan.

One person was seized in Khost province after troops found a small weapons cache and other contraband items. Khost and Konar provinces are in the eastern section of the country.

In Helmand province in the south, two people were arrested in an operation targeting militants "involved in anti-government activity" there.

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