46 Taliban militants killed in Afghanistan
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Key Taliban commander killed in foiled attack. Image Source: IANS News
Kabul, June 27 : At least 46 Taliban militants were killed and 25 others injured in fierce clasheswith security forces in Afghanistan s Takhar province, the Ministry of Defence said.
The clashes occurred on Saturday when the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) backed by local Public Uprising Forces and supported by the Air Force targeted a Taliban convoy and militants aggregations in the suburban districts of Dasht-e-Qala and Rustaq, the Ministry said in a statement.
Among the victims were eight outstanding members of the Taliban outfit, the statement noted, without saying if there were any casualties on the side of the security forces, reports Xinhua news agency.
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2021-04-14 11:36:24 GMT2021-04-14 19:36:24(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
KUNDUZ, Afghanistan, April 14 (Xinhua) A police officer and two police constables were shot dead Wednesday by a man in Afghan police uniform in Kunduz, a province in northern Afghanistan, the latest in a string of so-called insider attacks, local police confirmed.
The incident occurred when a man in Afghan National Police uniform opened fire on fellow colleagues who were in the line of duty in Police District (PD) 5 of the provincial capital Kunduz city roughly at midday, a provincial police told Xinhua anonymously.
The shooter took a police vehicle and fled the scene presumably joining Taliban militants, the source said.
Xinhua world news summary at 1030 GMT, March 28
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