At least 15 Taliban insurgents were killed in clashes in northern Jawzjan province on Saturday night, local officials said.
In addition, ten others were injured.
One attack took place in Qushtapa district of the province after Taliban insurgents attacked security outposts and started clashing with security forces, a spokesman for the provincial governor, Mohammad Reza Ghafoori said.
"Six residents of Qushtapa who helped the security forces in the clash with the Taliban were also killed and four others were injured," he said.
He added that the insurgents had taken control of three security outposts. The clashes reportedly started late Saturday and lasted until early Sunday morning.
Currently, security forces are in clashes with insurgents in more than 10 provinces. Dozens of insurgents have however been killed over the past few days, according to officials.
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