KABUL, Afghanistan
In response to the Taliban's mounting assaults, Afghan forces on Sunday killed more than 50 insurgents in past 24 hours.
The Afghan national defense and security forces killed 27 Taliban insurgents, including their leader Qari Hafiz and wounded 19 others in the northern Kunduz province in “active defense”, the Defense Ministry said in a statement.
It added 12 more Taliban insurgents were killed and 14 wounded in Kandahar, eight others were killed and seven wounded in Helmand and five killed and six captured in Zabul. All are southern provinces.
In past two days, the insurgents staged coordinated assaults