TIRIN KOT, Afghanistan, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- At least eight militants have been killed and seven others injured in southern Uruzgan and Zabul provinces over the past 24 hours, an army spokesman in the northern region, captain Ahmad Sadeq Eisa, said on Thursday.

The government forces, according to the official, targeted a Taliban hideout outside Tirin Kot, the capital of southern Uruzgan province on Wednesday, killing four insurgents on the spot.

Similarly, the government forces pounded Taliban positions in Shajoi district of Zabul province over the past 24 hours, killing four insurgents and injuring seven others, the official said.

Taliban militants are yet to make comments.