Roundup: Afghan conflicts leave 33 dead within 24 hours

Militancy and conflicts elsewhere in the conflict-hit Afghanistan have claimed 33 lives over the past 24 hour, official sources said Thursday.

In the latest violent happening, according to a local official, four people had been killed and two others injured as clash erupted between two illegal armed groups in Khanabad district of the northern Kunduz province with Kunduz city as its capital 250 km north of national capital Kabul on Thursday.

"The clash flared up between two illegal armed groups in Khanabad district, Kunduz province today morning and lasted for a while during which four persons were killed and two others injured from both sides," district governor Hayatullah Amiril told Xinhua.

Investigation has been initiated into the case to determine the reason for the conflict, he added.

Scores of illegal armed groups are active in different parts of the conflict-ridden Afghanistan and in many cases they create law and order problems.

Earlier, the Ministry of Interior in a statement released here today, reported killing 29 militants across the country over the past 24 hours.

Afghan police backed by the army and National Directorate for Security (NDS) or the country's intelligence agency have killed 29 militants across the country over the past 24 hours, the statement released here Thursday said.

"Units of national police in conjunction with army and NDS have conducted series of operations in Nangarhar, Takhar, Saripul, Balkh, Kandahar, Zabul, Uruzgan, Wardak, Logar, Ghazni, Paktia and Helmand provinces over the past 24 hours during which 29 armed insurgents have been killed, 18 others injured and three more captured," the statement contended.

However, the statement didn't disclose if there were casualties on security forces.

Taliban militants fighting the government are yet to make comment. Endi