<p>KUNDUZ CITY (Pajhwok): More than 180 militants have been killed and 170 others wounded during military offensive codenamed Shafaq, and official said on Wednesday.</p>
<p>Afghan security forces launched the countrywide counter-insurgency operation at the beginning of current <a href="/en/solar-year" class="glossify-link">solar year</a>.</p>
<p>Brig. Gen. Mohiuddin Ghori, commander of the 20<sup>th</sup> Pamir Unit in northeastern <a href="/en/afghanistan" class="glossify-link">Afghanistan</a>, told reporters the offensive had yielded effective results in Kunduz province.</p>
<p>He said the operation was underway in Tulka-2 locality on the outskirts of Kunduz City, while Alchin and Tulka-1 areas had been purged of insurgents. Seven tanks and militant hideouts were destroyedin Dasht-i-Arch and Kunduz City.</p>
<p>The ongoing offensive would continue till fall, the commander promised, admitting the pace of the operation had been slow due to landmines and extraordinary caution to prevent civilian casualties.</p>
<p>Enayatullah Khaliq, a civil <a href="/en/society" class="glossify-link">society</a> activist, claimed more than 2,000 families had been displaced as a result of the military action. If the offensive continued, he warned, more families would be displaced.</p>
<p>The <a href="/en/taliban" class="glossify-link">Taliban</a> have not yet commented on security officials’ claims, but the group earlier denied suffering fatalities and claimed to have inflicted heavy losses on the security personnel.</p>
<p>Separately, the Taliban attacked a security check-post in the Baharak district of northeastern Badakhshan province, police chief Brig. Gen. Abdul Wadud Rasekh<a name="_GoBack" id="_GoBack"></a> said.</p>
<p>He said the insurgents stormed the check-post at around 5:00am and the fight was still ongoing.Five assailants, including a foreigner, were killedand three others arrested during the gun battle, he concluded.</p>
<p>nh/mud</p>
