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Kunduz-Takhar Highway Cleared Of Taliban

The Kunduz-Takhar Highway was cleared of Taliban on Friday following heavy clashes between government forces and the group’s fighters in past eight days, the Northeast Zone Police said in a statement.

Mahfoozullah Akbari, spokesman for the Northeast Zone Police, said that Khwaja and Katakhail police outposts along the highway were taken out of the militants’ siege in the military operation conducted by Afghan security and defense forces.

He said they had equipped police outposts along the Kunduz-Takhar Highway after they cleared the area of Taliban.

The road from Kunduz city to Khanabad district in Kunduz province is closed to traffic for past eight days due to heavy clashes between security forces and Taliban. 

“The government forces were connected to each other from the two sides – Takhar and Kunduz provinces - at 12:45pm on Friday,” Akbari said in the statement.

According to him, at least six Taliban fighters were killed and four others were wounded in Thursday night clashes in the province.

He said civilians were not allowed to travel through the highway due to the existence of mines, adding that the forces are busy in reopening the highway to traffic by Friday evening.

Meanwhile, the National Directorate of Security (NDS) office in Kunduz said that Ahmad Shah, a Taliban commander, was killed with his 11 fighters in an airstrike carried out by Afghan forces in Qala-e-Zal district.

An NDS official in Kunduz said that at least 30 Taliban fighters including their commander was killed in recent clashes in Khanabad district in the province.

On Thursday local security officials in Kunduz said mines planted by the Taliban and the group’s use of civilian houses as shields was slowing down their operations to clear the province of insurgents. 

The current battle, which has been ongoing for seven days, is taking place just two kilometers from Kunduz city itself. 

However, officials said they were hoping to reopen the Kunduz-Takhar Highway to traffic by the end of Thursday.

According to the army officials, more than 100 Taliban fighters have been killed in the conflict so far.

Kunduz-Takhar Highway Cleared Of Taliban

A police spokesman in Kunduz said security forces are busy in clearing the highway from mines planted by the Taliban.

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The Kunduz-Takhar Highway was cleared of Taliban on Friday following heavy clashes between government forces and the group’s fighters in past eight days, the Northeast Zone Police said in a statement.

Mahfoozullah Akbari, spokesman for the Northeast Zone Police, said that Khwaja and Katakhail police outposts along the highway were taken out of the militants’ siege in the military operation conducted by Afghan security and defense forces.

He said they had equipped police outposts along the Kunduz-Takhar Highway after they cleared the area of Taliban.

The road from Kunduz city to Khanabad district in Kunduz province is closed to traffic for past eight days due to heavy clashes between security forces and Taliban. 

“The government forces were connected to each other from the two sides – Takhar and Kunduz provinces - at 12:45pm on Friday,” Akbari said in the statement.

According to him, at least six Taliban fighters were killed and four others were wounded in Thursday night clashes in the province.

He said civilians were not allowed to travel through the highway due to the existence of mines, adding that the forces are busy in reopening the highway to traffic by Friday evening.

Meanwhile, the National Directorate of Security (NDS) office in Kunduz said that Ahmad Shah, a Taliban commander, was killed with his 11 fighters in an airstrike carried out by Afghan forces in Qala-e-Zal district.

An NDS official in Kunduz said that at least 30 Taliban fighters including their commander was killed in recent clashes in Khanabad district in the province.

On Thursday local security officials in Kunduz said mines planted by the Taliban and the group’s use of civilian houses as shields was slowing down their operations to clear the province of insurgents. 

The current battle, which has been ongoing for seven days, is taking place just two kilometers from Kunduz city itself. 

However, officials said they were hoping to reopen the Kunduz-Takhar Highway to traffic by the end of Thursday.

According to the army officials, more than 100 Taliban fighters have been killed in the conflict so far.

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