31 August 2017

News Story: Afghan forces kill 8 militants in northern Kunduz province in 24 hrs

Afghan Police Officer (File Photo)
KUNDUZ, Afghanistan, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) -- At least eight insurgents affiliated with the Taliban group have been killed in the troubled Kunduz province over the past 24 hours, officials said Wednesday.

"Five insurgents have been killed and six others wounded, when the militants attacked a police checkpoint in Momin Dara area of Dasht-e-Archi district of the province on Tuesday, triggering a gun battle which lasted for a while," district governor Nasruddin Nazari told Xinhua.

Similarly, the security forces, in a crackdown on Taliban hideouts, have killed three militants and injured four others in Khan Abad district over the period, a local official, Qudratullah Safi, said.

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