Up to 15 insurgents have been detained by Afghan forces and the NATO-led coalition troops in restive eastern Afghan provinces within a 24-hour period of time, the coalition said Monday.

"Afghan and coalition (forces) detained 15 insurgents and cleared seven improvised explosive devices (IEDs) during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours," the coalition's Regional Command-East (RC-East) said in a press release providing daily operational updates.

Fourteen insurgents have been detained in Tagab district of Kapisa province and one was captured in Paktia province, it said, adding the captured men were transferred to military bases for questioning.

The IEDs were found and defused by the joint forces in eastern Khost, Laghman, Nangarhar and Paktia provinces, the release added.

Taliban militants, who have been waging an insurgency of more than one decade, have often attacked Afghan and NATO-led forces with IEDs and roadside bombs but the lethal weapons also inflict casualties on civilians.

A total of 18 civilians were killed and 15 others wounded when an IED struck a civilian bus in northern Balkh province on Oct. 19.

The militant group has yet to confirm the capture of their men.

Operations in RC-East are still ongoing, the statement said.