Four suspected Taliban fighters were killed and 10 others detained in an operation in northern Afghanistan, an official said Wednesday.
The operation, carried out by Afghan and international forces, began Tuesday morning in Gortipa, an area in Kunduz city, the capital of the province of of the same name, DPA reported.
"Four insurgents including two Chechen and one Tajik fighter were killed in the operation," Abdul Rahman Sayedkhili, the provincial police chief, told reporters. Ten other suspects had been detained, he said.
"Afghan, German and US forces are taking part in the ongoing operation," he said, adding that one Afghan policeman was injured in the offensive.
The forces were fighting a group of 25 Taliban fighters in the same area, Sayedkhili said.
Last week, a group of four insurgents attacked an Afghan army recruitment centre in Kunduz city, killing nine Afghan security personnel and injuring dozens.
Violence has escalated in the relatively peaceful northern region this year as US forces have put pressure on the militants in the south. NATO said Monday that Afghanistan will see more violence in coming weeks and months.
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