TALOQAN (Pajhwok): Fifteen Taliban fighters were killed and 10 others injured as a result of clashes in the Khwaja Ghar district of northern Takhar province, an official said on Wednesday.
The governor’s spokesman, Jawad Hejri, told Pajhwok Afghan News the Taliban launched a group attack on the district late on Tuesday night.
He said Afghan and foreign forces had launched ground and air attacks on the Taliban, killing 15 insurgents and injuring 10 others.
Ikramullah, a resident of the locality, said the restive district . . .
