KUNDUZ, Afghanistan, July 19, 2018 (BSS/Xinhua) – At least 17 insurgents
have been killed and over a dozen others injured after Afghan security forces
repulsed Taliban attacks on security checkpoints in the northern Kunduz
province on Thursday, police said.
“A big number of Taliban militants attacked security checkpoints in Imam
Sahib district at 1:30 a.m. local time today but their vicious designs have
been foiled and the militants after suffering casualties and leaving 17
bodies behind fled away,” the police said in a statement.
The statement, however, didn’t mention if there were casualties on
security personnel.
Meantime, Mahboudullah Sayedi, the governor of Imam Sahib district, told
Xinhua that the fighting left three security personnel injured.
The official also said clean-up operations were underway to ensure lasting
peace in the restive district.
Taliban militants who are in control of parts of the troubled Kunduz
province haven’t commented on the clashes.