Five Taliban militants were killed as clash erupted in Kunduz province with Kunduz city as its capital 250 km north of Kabul on Sunday, police said. "The clash erupted in Gultapa area in the outskirt of provincial capital Kunduz city at noon leaving five Taliban rebels including their commander Mullah Akhtar dead on the spot," provincial police spokesman Sayed Sarwar Hussaini told Xinhua.
There were no casualties on the police forces, he contended.
Taliban militants fighting the government haven't made comment.