FAIZABAD, Jul 27 (NNN-XINHUA) – A total of nine militants, including four foreigners, were confirmed dead, after Afghan soldiers ambushed a group of Taliban fighters in Kuran-wo-Munjan district of the northern Badakhshan province today, an army officer in the restive province, Abdul Razaq, said.
“The Taliban militants were moving from one place to another, when the soldiers ambushed them in Askazar village this morning, killing nine, including four foreign nationals, on the spot,” Razaq told Xinhua.
Without identifying the nationalities of the foreign militants killed in the ambush, the official said, foreign militants are fighting alongside Taliban fighters in Badakhshan province.
Two soldiers were also injured in the firefight which lasted for a while, the official added.
Taliban militants, who are reportedly in control of 19 out of 27 districts in Badakhshan province, haven’t made any comment yet.
