HERAT CITY/ KUNDUZ CITY (PAN):
More than a dozen Taliban fighters and three Afghan National Army (ANA)
soldiers were killed during clashes in different parts of the country,
officials said on Wednesday.
A Taliban-designated deputy governor for northwestern
Badghis province, Mullah Najibullah, was among two rebels killed during a
firefight with ANA soldiers in Maqur district, a military official
said.
The 207th Zafar Military Corps spokesman, Col. Najibullah
Najibi, said a Taliban shadow district chief for Kashk Kohna in western
Herat province was killed and one of his accomplices wounded as a result
of a separate operation.
Mahauddin Noori, the governor’s spokesman, confirmed the
incident and said the security situation in the district would improve
with the death of Mullah Abdul Khaliq, alias Tor Jan.
In another incident, two local insurgent commanders, Mullah
Satar and Mullah Mohammad Ewaz, were killed along with two associates
in a gunbattle with Afghan soldiers. Another six fighters were wounded
in the clash that left three soldiers dead and as many wounded,
according to Najibi.
Six more fighters, including a commander, were killed and
two others detained in the Ghulam Ali village in Khanabad district of
northern Kunduz province, the town’s administrative head said.
Sofi Habib said the eight-member group that wanted to attack the district headquarters was targeted by a NATO
helicopter. The six militants killed included Mullah Habibullah, the
rebel leader. The official accused the group of planting roadside bombs
and killing a counterterrorism police officer four months ago.
from Pajhwok
by Ahmad Quraishi & Wahidullah
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