15 Taliban killed in NATO-Afghan attack

The Real Alternative Independent True Unbiased News |A senior Taliban leader and 14 other militants have been killed in an Afghan-NATO operation targeting the militants in north Afghanistan.

The coalition said in a statement on Monday that its forces, along with their Afghan counterparts, were searching for the Taliban leader identified as Mawlawi Zahir who was Taliban shadow governor for Khanabad district in Kunduz province, reported the Associated Press.

He is linked to Taliban leaders in Pakistan and is involved in aiding the insurgents with roadside bombs and weapons, added NATO.

The coalition said the troops attempted to draw the occupants out of the compound where the man was believed to be.

When that failed, they entered the compound, a gunbattle ensued, and 14 militants were killed. Two other militants were also captured in the operation.

This comes as fresh clashes between US-led foreign forces and Taliban militants left at least five civilians dead in southern Afghanistan on Saturday.

Three other civilians were also injured in the incident, which took place in Helmand's Nad Ali district.

"Three civilians, including a child, were killed during a clash between coalition forces and militants in Helmand," read a statement released by the provincial governor's office.

The statement did not clarify which side is responsible for the casualties.

It added that two other civilians lost their lives and three others sustained injuries after militants fired a rocket “into a civilian house” in the same district,


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