KABUL, Jun 12 (NNN-ANA) – Eight insurgents, including a key commander of the militants, have been confirmed dead, in northern Takhar province, the Taliban-run administration’s chief spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, said.
“During a special operation of General Directorate of Intelligence, in Police District 4 of Takhar’s provincial capital, Taluqan city, eight insurgents, including key commander, Yunus Uzbekistani, were killed and their hideout was destroyed yesterday,” Mujahid tweeted.
In the meantime, provincial police spokesman, Abdul Mubin Safi, confirmed the incident, saying, eight armed opponents were killed and three others injured, during operations in Taluqan city, yesterday afternoon.
The official, however, didn’t say, if there were casualties on security personnel. According to locals, the security forces had also suffered in the operation, but officials have yet to make any comment on the possible casualties of government forces.– NNN-ANA
