Kabul  - Afghan and coalition forces arrested 15 suspected Taliban militants including two of their commanders in separate raids in Afghanistan, officials said on Thursday.

Afghan interior ministry said in a statement on Thursday that their forces arrested a Taliban commander, Mullah Toor Jan, who was involved in terrorist activities in Uruzgan province.

The arrested commander was under police pursuit for the past two year, before he was arrested in the province on Wednesday, the statement said.

Meanwhile, US-led coalition forces arrested two "two targeted militants and 10 suspected militants" in an operation in south-eastern and western Afghanistan, US military said in a statement.

The combined forces detained two targeted militants, who were involved in roadside attacks, along with their five associates in the Khost province on Wednesday, the statement said.

The suspected militants were arrested in Tani district of the province, it said, adding several weapons, ammunition, an ammunition vest were confiscated and destroyed on-site of the operation.

Also on Wednesday, five other militants were detained in Khashroad district of western Nimruz province, it added.

In a separate incident on Tuesday, coalition forces detained a Taliban commander and his associates in Qalat city of Zabul province, a separate US military statement said.

Afghan and coalition forces arrested thousands of suspected Taliban militants since the ouster of Taliban regime in late 2001, but most of them have not been tried so far. (dpa)