In Kunduz province, the Afghan National Army launched a heavy gun strike on Tuesday on a temporary checkpoint set up by Taliban militants for extorting vehicles and trucks along a road in the Dubanddi locality, killing five militants, Abdul Raziq from army's 217 Pamir Corps told Xinhua.
"No civilian was affected in the strike and a vehicle of the militants was destroyed in the strike," he said.
On Monday, six Taliban militants were killed and four others wounded in an army attack targeting a Taliban extortion center near a main road in the Cheshma-e-Shir locality in the neighboring Baghlan province, according to provincial police spokesman Ahmad Jawid Basharat.
The Taliban has not yet responded to the reports of attacks and casualties.