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Eight militants killed in northern Afghan province

Xinhua, September 30, 2016 Adjust font size:

At least eight Taliban militants have been killed and several others injured over the past two days in Haqtash district of the northern Kunduz province 250 k north of Kabul, an army spokesman in the province, Brigadier Abdul Khalil said Friday.

"The security forces launched cleanup operations in Haqtash district early Thursday and so far eight rebels have been killed and several villages have been liberated from Taliban clutches," Khalil told Xinhua.

Taliban notorious commander Mawlawi Abdul Hai is also among those killed in the operations, the official added.

There were no casualties on security forces, the official contended.

Taliban insurgents who have been fighting government forces in parts of Kunduz over the past several months are yet to make comment on the report. Endit