Taliban Attacks Several Checkpoints In Kahmard District Of Bamyan

Kabul: Taliban insurgents launched their offensive at security checkpoints in Eshpashta area of Kahmard district of the Bamyan province at 2am on Wednesday, said Bamyan Governor Sayyed Anwar Rahmati.

Rahmati added that clashes were currently ongoing in the area and that five security personnel had been killed and many others had been wounded.

The Bamyan governor added that although no details were available on the number of Taliban fighters killed; but according to preliminary information, one of the commanders of this group was wounded.

Earlier, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid claimed on Twitter that nine soldiers had been killed in Kahmard district and that two security checkpoints had been captured by the Taliban.

However, Bamyan Governor Rahmati said that the Taliban had not been able to seize any government facilities and that the group’s claim was false.

Meanwhile, Khanabad in Kunduz province was recaptured by security forces on Wednesday morning.

The district fell to the Taliban on Sunday, and was recaptured by security forces in the early hours of Monday morning, at the end of which the Taliban regained control of Khanabad. On Wednesday, at 1am, the city of Khanabad, the capital of Khanabad district, was recaptured by the security forces following airstrikes and ground attacks of the security forces.

Security sources told Hashte Subhe that Qari Hashem, known as Mawlavi Fayyaz, a well-known Taliban commander, was killed along with 20 others in the bombing. Sources added that Hashem was one of the most prominent Taliban commanders in the guerrilla warfare, and that his death was a heavy blow to the Taliban.

Another Taliban commander, Qari Halim, and three others were wounded in the operation. Local sources also added that five civilians were killed in the airstrikes in the village of Sayedabad in the district. The Taliban have confirmed the killing of Qari Hashem.

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