Afghan forces kill 5 Taliban

As many as five Taliban militants have been killed in clashes with Afghanistan Army in Zabul. The incident took place after they attacked a local checkpoint of the Afghan security forces.

Kabul:At least five Taliban insurgents, including a commander who was among the prisoners released by officials in Kabul under the US-brokered deal, were killed in the course of clashes in the southern Zabul province, local police chief Hekmatullah Kochi said on Wednesday.

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"Ahmad Shah, a Taliban commander who had recently been released among 5,000 Taliban prisoners, was shot dead yesterday between the Shahr-e Safa district and the capital [of the Zabul province], Qalat-e Gilzay," Kochi said in a press release, adding that two other Taliban fighters were left injured.

According to the Zabul police chief, the Taliban militants were killed as they attacked a local checkpoint of the Afghan security forces.

In a separate incident in the northeastern Afghan province of Kunduz, a blast has caused another 10 casualties among the Taliban, including five fatalities.

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"Five Taliban insurgents, including a commander, Farid also known as Mohammad, were killed and five others were wounded in a bomb blast in the Tarnab area of Kunduz's 8th district late yesterday," the Afghan army's 217th Pamir Corps said in a press release.

The Taliban have not yet commented on either of the incidents.

ANI