Airstrikes kill 15 militants in Afghanistan as Taliban attempts to capture Kunduz city

KUNDUZ, AFGHANISTAN: JULY 5 – A total of 15 Taliban militants have been killed in airstrikes as the fighters have been mobilized to overrun Kunduz city, capital of Afghanistan’s northern Kunduz province, an army spokesman in the province said on Monday.

Acting on a tip-off, warplanes from the Afghan government forces targeted Taliban militants gathering outside Kunduz city early Monday, killing 15 insurgents on the spot, spokesman Abdul Hadi Nazari said.