MAIMANA, Afghanistan, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) -- As many as 18 Taliban militants, including three local insurgents' commanders, were killed in clashes in Afghanistan's northern province of Faryab, police said Thursday.
The clashes occurred within the last 24 hours, when fighters loyal to the Taliban attacked security checkpoints in Pashtun Kot, Ghormach and Almar districts, but faced harsh military reaction from the area's government security forces, Sayyed Sarwar Housaini, police spokesman of 707 Pamir Police Zone based in the region, told Xinhua.
"Among those killed militants were three local Taliban commanders, Qari Salahuddin, Mawlavi Belal, Taliban's military leader for Ghormach district and Qari Zainullah known as Khaled, and 13 other militants were injured by the fighting," he said.
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