Nine Taliban insurgents have been killed as they came in contact with police force in the Kunduz province north of Afghanistan, provincial police chief Abdul Razaq Qaqubi said Wednesday.
"The clash took place Tuesday in Imam Sahib district in the wake of Taliban attack on a police checkpoint during which nine insurgents were killed," Yaqubi told Xinhua.
Two policemen and one insurgents were injured in the firefight lasted for a while.
Moreover, Juma Khan the district chief of Imam Sahib put the number of Taliban casualties over a dozen.
Taliban militants who have been influencing Kunduz over the past couple of months have not made any comment so far.
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