Taliban attacks joint Afghan Army-police checkpost in Kunduz, 23 killed and wounded

At least 13 Afghan soldiers were killed and 10 others wounded during pre-dawn clashes in northern Kunduz province, a local official said on Wednesday.

At least 13 Afghan soldiers were killed and 10 others wounded during pre-dawn clashes in northern Kunduz province, a local official said on Wednesday.

“The clashes erupted after Taliban militants stormed joint Afghan army and police checkpoint in Qarghaz locality of Iamam Sahib district. At least nine police officers and four security force members were killed, in addition to 10 others wounded,” district chief Mahbubullah Sayyedi told Xinhua news agency.

The area was secured after the deadly gun battle and the wounded people were shifted to a hospital in the provincial capital Kunduz city, the official added.

The northern Afghan provinces have been the scene of heavy clashes between Taliban and security forces for years.

On Sunday night, four civilians and five police officers and six militants were killed and eight people wounded after Taliban attacked Iamam Sahib district’s police station.

The Afghan troops remain in control of most of Afghanistan’s population centers and all of 34 provincial capitals, but Taliban insurgents control large portions of rural areas, staging coordinated large-scale attacks against Afghan cities and districts constantly.