by Sayed Tariq Majidi
Security officials in the northern province of Kunduz said Thursday that the Afghan special forces and their foreign counterparts inflicted massive casualties to the Taliban insurgents after killing fourteen of them including a top commander.
At least 14 insurgents were killed in joint operations between Afghan special commandos and foreign troops' airstrikes in northern Kunduz province on Wednesday night, police 808 Spinzar zone said in a statement on Thursday.
In addition, three other insurgents were injured.
The operations and airstrikes were launched in Kandahari, Alchin, Mullah Sardar, Kalta Tay, Hazrat Sultan villages in Kunduz in which 14 Taliban insurgents including one of their key commanders, Qari Mufti, were killed, according to the statement.
Five other insurgents were also arrested with their weapons on the Kunduz-Khanabad highway in a separate operation, the statement said.
Ministry of Defense spokesman Dawlat Waziri confirmed Thursday that three Afghan commandos and two U.S Special Forces were killed in the military operation in Kunduz.
He said that a further seven commandos and two special forces members were wounded during the operation.
Resolute Support also confirmed the death of two of their service members.
Read the full story at TOLOnews