01 October 2016

News Story: Eight militants killed in northern Afghan province

KUNDUZ, Afghanistan, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- At least eight Taliban militants have been killed and several others injured over the past two days in Haqtash district of the northern Kunduz province 250 k north of Kabul, an army spokesman in the province, Brigadier Abdul Khalil said Friday.

"The security forces launched cleanup operations in Haqtash district early Thursday and so far eight rebels have been killed and several villages have been liberated from Taliban clutches," Khalil told Xinhua.

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