MAZAR-E-SHARIF, Afghanistan, April 30 (NNN-XINHUA) – Fighting between Afghan military forces and the Taliban group, left seven insurgents dead and six others wounded, in the country’s northern Balkh province, Abdul Hadi Jamal, a press officer of the army corps Pamir 217, said today (Tuesday).
The clash, according to the official, broke out after a group of Taliban militants attacked police checkpoints in Sharsharak, along the Mazar-e-Sharif-Jawzjan highway, on Monday afternoon, and lasted for hours, during which seven militants were killed and six others injured.
Five security personnel were also injured in the fighting, the official said.
Security forces have been pursuing the militants, to ensure lasting peace on the highway linking northern Balkh province to Jawzjan onward to Faryab province.
Confirming the conflict, army spokesman in the northern region, Mohammad Hanif Rezai, said that, the militants fled away after the arrival of units of national army to support police in the area.
Taliban militants are yet to make comment.– NNN-XINHUA
