KABUL, June 26 (Xinhua) -- At least 46 Taliban militants were killed and 25 others wounded on Saturday in battles in Afghanistan's northern province of Takhar, the Afghan Ministry of Defense said.
The clashes occurred when the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) backed by local Public Uprising Forces and supported by the Afghan Air Force targeted a Taliban convoy and militants' aggregations in the suburban districts of Dasht-e-Qala and Rustaq on Saturday morning, the ministry said in a statement.
Among those killed in the battles were eight outstanding members of the Taliban outfit, the statement noted, without saying if there were any casualties on the side of the security forces.
Two militants' vehicles and a number of their weapons and ammunition were also destroyed, according to the statement.
The northern Afghan provinces have been the scene of heavy clashes and battles in recent weeks as Taliban militants continued their fighting against government forces and captured several suburban districts, mostly in the northern region in the Asian country.
The militant group has not yet made comment on the casualty report. Enditem
