"ISAF can confirm that an operation was conducted in that area the evening of Oct. 12 against a small group of Taliban commanders," the statement said.
ISAF attacked the insurgents with precision air strikes, killing the insurgents and destroying two of their vehicles, it said.
However, it did not give specific figure of the casualties of Taliban militants.
Earlier, provincial government spokesman Daud Ahmadi told media that international troops pounded Taliban posts in Baram Cha area bordering Pakistan killing 70 militants there.
Meanwhile, Afghan National Army (ANA) and police force, according to Assadullah Shirzad, the provincial police chief, put down Taliban militants' another attack on Lashkar Gha, capital of Helmand province, killing at least 18 militants on Tuesday evening.
Qari Yusuf Ahmadi, the purported Taliban spokesman claimed responsibility for the attack saying the outfits have taken over three police posts in Lashkar Gha after the clash.
Taliban militants, who recently vowed to intensified their assaults against interests of Afghan government and international troops before the coming winter, had launched a three-pronged attack on Lashkar Gha city last Sunday while Afghan troops with the support of NATO air power attacked their positions leaving over 100 militants dead.
