14 security forces killed in Ghazni, Kunduz clashes

KUNDUZ CITY/ GHAZNI CITY/ JALALABAD (Pajhwok): At least 14 security forces have been killed in the Taliban attacks in southern Ghazni and northern Kunduz provinces, a reliable source said on Monday.

A security source in Dasht-i-Archi district of Kunduz, speaking on the condition of anonymity, told Pajhwok Afghan News the militants staged coordinated attack on the district center and security check-posts on Sunday night.

He said eight security forces were killed and seven others wounded.

He added: “The clinic in Dash-i-Archi district captured by militants and based on information we have received 15 bodies and 15 injured of the Taliban were shifted there.”

The source said the clash was still underway and the security forces were in urgent need of additional forces.

Mohammad Yousaf Ayubi, Provincial Council chairman, confirmed Taliban attack in Dasht-i-Archi district.

“Both sides sustained casualties but the government sent air forces to repulse the rebels’ assault immediately,”

The PC head warned that the district would fall to Taliban if additional forces were not reached soon.

Taliban have said nothing about the attack.

According to another report, six security forces were killed and three others wounded as a result of militants attack in the Qarabagh district of Ghazni, the governor’s spokesman Mohammad Arif Noori said.

Noori said the militants attacked security personnel patrol and the rebels also suffered casualties but the exact figure was yet to be ascertained.

Taliban confirmed the attack. The group’s spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid claimed that Taliban capture a security post in Khonyan area.

He said 10 local policemen, including Commander Noor Mohammad, were killed the overnight attack.

In Nangarhar, four children were injured when mortar shell exploded in the Rodat district.

Attaullah Khogyani, the governor’s spokesman, said the incident took place in Hashar Shahi area of the district when the children were playing there.

He said the children were evacuated to hospital and they were in stable condition.

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