16 militants killed after Afghan troops repelled Taliban attack on major northern highway
KABUL, May 15 (Xinhua) -- Taliban militants targeted the major northern highway linking the national Afghan capital Kabul to six provinces, including the major northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif. But their attempts have been foiled after suffering casualties, security officials said on Sunday.
"Taliban rebels attacked security checkpoints in Chashma-e-Shir area Saturday night, triggering gun battle which lasted for hours and finally the militants after leaving 16 bodies behind fled away," spokesman for police in the province Jawed Basharat told Xinhua.
Fifteen more militants, according to the spokesman, have been killed.
The strategically important Baghlan province with Pul-e-Khumri as its capital 160 km north of Kabul has been the scene of Taliban-led militancy over the past couple of years and the militants have mounted pressure on Dand-e-Ghori and Dand-e-Shahabudin districts outside provincial capital to gain access to Kabul-Mazar highway.
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Air strikes kill 16 militants, wound 22 in W. Afghanistan
FIROZ KOH, Afghanistan, May 15 (Xinhua) -- Up to 16 militants were killed and nearly two dozen others injured as aircrafts pounded Taliban hideouts in Pasawand district of the western Ghor province on Sunday.
"The air raids were conducted against Taliban hideouts in Pasawand district this morning, killing 16 rebels and injuring 22 others," spokesman for provincial government Abdul Hai Khatibi told Xinhua.
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