Taliban terrorists pushed back near Afghanistan's Kunduz

Afghan security forces have driven back Taliban terrorists in areas near the northern city of Kunduz.

The Kunduz provincial government said Saturday that fighting was concentrated in the districts of Khanabad and Chardara and the villages of Charkh Ab and Talawka.

Afghan Defense Ministry spokesman General Dawlat Waziri said 40 Taliban militants had been killed and about 50 wounded in the clashes.

Saad Mukhtar, head of the public health department in Kunduz, said six dead people and 87 wounded, including children, have been taken to hospitals in Kunduz so far.

There were no details about any possible casualties among Afghan security forces.

Kunduz is Afghanistan’s fifth largest city. It fell briefly into the hands of Taliban militants last year prompting thousands of residents to flee the violence.

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