KUNDUZ, Afghanistan, May 18 (NNN-XINHUA) – Six militants were killed and four wounded, after Afghan security forces launched a night raid operation, in the country’s northern province of Kunduz overnight, a local official said today.
“A unit of the army’s Special Operation Forces stormed a Taliban hideout in Aaq Masjid locality, in the northern outskirts of provincial capital Kunduz city. The security forces tried to arrest the militants, but a clash erupted during the raid, leaving the casualties,” provincial government spokesman, Esmatullah Muradi, told Xinhua.
The security forces arrested three suspected militants and destroyed the targeted hideout, along with weapons and ammunition, the official said, adding, no member of the security forces was hurt before they returned to their camp.
Meantime, Zabiullah Mujahid, a purported Taliban spokesman, tweeted that, no member of the insurgent group was killed or arrested, outside Kunduz city, adding, the troops detained three innocent villagers in Aaq Musjid locality of Kunduz.– NNN-XINHUA
The province has been the scene of clashes between Taliban and security forces for long.
Fighting rages across the war-torn country and clashes between security forces and Taliban have been continuing in at least 25 out of the country’s 34 provinces since early April when Taliban launched a yearly rebel offensive.
