11 including 7 security force members die in Afghan clashes

KUNDUZ, Sept 23 (Xinhua): At least seven security force members and four militants were killed and 14 people wounded in fresh clashes in two Afghan provinces on Tuesday night, a local officials confirmed on Wednesday.

In northern Kunduz province, five security forces and four militants were killed and eight soldiers and four militants wounded after security forces responded to Taliban militants who stormed security checkpoints in two localities in Imam Sahib district, bordering Tajikistan, district chief Mahbubullah Sayyedi told Xinhua.

The clashes ended early Wednesday morning in the district where local villagers claimed militants overrun one national army's checkpoint following the fighting.

Taliban militants also attacked eastern outskirts of provincial capital Kunduz city, in an effort to consolidate their position along key roads in the area.

Furthermore, two Afghan Local Police officers were killed and others wounded in a similar incident in Pashtum Zarghun district.