Eight Taliban were killed in a joint operation by Afghan and United States-led forces in southern Afghanistan, the Interior Ministry said on Saturday, AFP reported. The Taliban were killed on Friday in Helmand province. "In a joint operation by Afghan national police, national army and coalition forces in Helmand eight of the enemies of peace and stability were killed," the Interior Ministry said in a statement. Five other Taliban were wounded in the battle in Nad Ali district, it added. Elsewhere in the province, one Taliban was killed when a bomb he was planting alongside a road exploded prematurely, the ministry said.