Taliban militants killed dozens of Afghan security forces in fresh attacks on several government targets, according to officials.
Safiullah Amiri, deputy chairman of the regional council in the northern Kunduz province, told RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan that 15 Afghan military personnel were killed in an attack in the Dashti Archi district that began late on September 9.
Amiri said that another 18 security personnel were injured in the attack.
A security source in Dashti Archi said Taliban militants attacked several security teams in the district.
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2 comments:
If the North can't be secured, nowhere can. It was from the North that the Northern Alliance allied with US spotters and air power drove the Taliban from Kabul in 2001.
Anon, Agreed. The North's Panshir Valley was a nut the Taliban never cracked. Nor the Russians despite a number of attempts. So I've read.
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