KUNDUZ, Afghanistan, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Taliban multi-pronged offensives to overrun the strategically import Kunduz city 250 km north of Kabul has been foiled as the militants after suffering casualties and losing grounds to the government forces retreated to their former trenches in rural areas, officials said on Wednesday.
Some 100 armed insurgents, according to the security officials, have been killed and about 80 others injured over the past two weeks.
Taliban militants have captured Khan Abad and Qala-e-Zal districts besides gaining grounds along the highways linking Kunduz to the neighboring Baghlan and Takhar provinces over the past 14 days but have lost to government forces.
"The government forces have regained the control of Khan Abad and Qala-e-Zal districts," Kunduz provincial governor Assadullah Omarkhil told reporters here on Wednesday.
According to governor Omarkhil, up to 30 insurgents have been killed over the past 24 hours and several others injured.
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