KUNDUZ, Afghanistan, July 22 (Xinhua) -- Up to three dozens of people, including 30 Taliban fighters, have been killed over the past two days as fierce fighting has been continuing for the control of Qala-e-Zal district along the border with Tajikistan in the northern Kunduz province, officials said Friday.
In the latest blow inflicted to the Taliban, 18 insurgents were killed on Friday as government troops pounded Taliban positions, an army official Brigadier Mangal Rahat said.
According to the official, six more Taliban fighters had been killed on Thursday as their battle tank was destroyed in air strike.
Six more militants had also been killed on the same day Thursday in the neighboring Dasht-e-Archi district, the security official asserted.
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