MAIDAN SHAR, Afghanistan, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- More than three dozen Taliban militants were killed over the past 24 hours in Jaghato district in Afghanistan's eastern Wardak province, provincial government spokesman Abdul Rahman Mangal said Tuesday.

The operations, backed by airpower, according to the official, were launched on Monday against Taliban positions in Jaghato district and so far, more than 36 militants including some local Taliban commanders had been killed and nearly three dozen others injured.

According to the official, no civilians and security personnel had been hurt in the ongoing operations.

Meantime, a member of Wardak's Provincial Council, Hajji Ahmad Jafari, has confirmed the operations but asserted that airstrikes had claimed the lives of 12 civilians including women and children.

However, Mangal rejected the claim, saying no civilian had been harmed during the operations and all those killed in the operations were militants.

Taliban militants are yet to make comments.