AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): Seven members of the Afghan National Army were killed and four more were wounded in an attack by the Taliban in Chimtal district, Balkh province, on Friday night, local officials said.
The army officials the clashes happened after armed Taliban terrorists attacked an army outpost in Lab-e-Nahr village in Chimtal district, said Mohammad Hanif Rezaee, spokesman for Afghan Army’s 209 Shaheen_Corps.
He said that five Taliban, including their designated deputy district governor for Balkh’s Chaharbolak district, were killed in the clashes.
The spokesman said that reinforcements have been sent to the area and the Taliban has been pushed back from the village.
The Taliban terrorists have not commented on the casualties.
This comes as violence remains high in the country despite efforts for peace.
The country has been experiencing a growing number of explosions and terrorist attacks in the past months. In 2001, US forces along with NATO waged a war in Afghanistan claiming to fight against terrorism and since then the number of military and civilian casualties in the country has steadily increased.
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