PAKTYA - In a joint search operation, Afghan and coalition forces arrested five mine planters and seized a big cache of heavy and light weapons in Sabari District of Khost province, NATO press office said.

The NATO and Afghan Border Police (ABP) also detained five people on the charges of maintaining relations with armed Taliban in a separate operation in Gurbaz District of the Province, the statement added.

Elsewhere in Paktika province, the joint forces killed two anti-government elements and arrested two others in Jani Khail district of the province.