{"id":3603,"date":"2016-12-26T19:37:15","date_gmt":"2016-12-26T19:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/3603-taliban-commander-among-18-killed-in-kunduz-city\/"},"modified":"2016-12-26T19:37:15","modified_gmt":"2016-12-26T19:37:15","slug":"taliban-commander-among-18-killed-in-kunduz-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/3603-taliban-commander-among-18-killed-in-kunduz-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Taliban commander among 18 killed in Kunduz city"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A local commander of the Taliban group was among at least 18 killed during the operations in the strategic Kunduz city.<\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A local commander of the Taliban group was among at least 18 killed during the operations in the strategic Kunduz city.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Defense (MoD) said the Taliban commander Ghulam Safi was killed along with 17 others during the operations conducted in the vicinity of Kunduz city.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, the Ministry of Interior (MoI), earlier said top Taliban leader who was leading the deadly battle in northern Kunduz province was killed during an ambush of the Afghan security forces.<\/p>\n<p>Kunduz is among the relatively volatile provinces in northern Afghanistan where the Taliban group launched several attacks this year as part of their spring offensive to capture the strategic Kunduz city.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A local commander of the Taliban group was among at least 18 killed during the operations in the strategic Kunduz city. \u00a0 \u00a0 A local commander of the Taliban group was among at least 18 killed during the operations in the strategic Kunduz city. 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