[Tolo News] The Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) continued to battle hard boyz on Wednesday near the northern city of Kunduz that was captured by Taliban fighters on Monday.Initial reports from the battle field suggest that scores of Taliban fighters have been killed as a result of air strikes by the US-led coalition forces and Afghan army which targeted Taliban positions in the area.
Meanwhile,
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Afghan military experts have said that air strikes could inflict major casualties on the Taliban.
U.S defense department in a statement announced air strikes are helping to eliminate Taliban members controlling Kunduz, adding that the strikes also targeted a Taliban gathering inside government facilities and those looting properties.
According to U.S Department of Defense, air strikes in Kunduz have left at least 200 Taliban dead.
While ANSF pushes to break the Taliban siege on Kunduz, experts again called on NATO
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and U.S to equip ANSF with modern military hardware and artillery so as to enable them to tackle the war against hard boyz effectively.
"Air strikes remain supportive in areas where the hard boyz operate, numerous turbans were eliminated as a result of air attacks," front man for the Afghan Ministry of Interior, Sediq Sediqqi said on Wednesday.
However,
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the Taliban carried out more assaults on Wednesday targeting ANSF forces deployed around Kunduz airport in an attempt to gain more strategic locations. But the Taliban was thwarted after US-led coalition troops bombed their positions.
"We managed to enter Kunduz at around 10:00 pm last night along with our colleagues, the plan was to move forward, the enemy forged obstructions on the way of implementing the plan and our camps came under massive attacks," Khalid Amiri, the commander of Afghan National Army Special Forces Unit told TOLOnews in a telephonic interview on Wednesday.
"Commandos and forces from special units responded to Taliban bravely, later on U.S aircrafts came and dropped bombs on the area and major damage was inflicted on them," he said.
"Despite having each and every thing, if a country doesn't have an air force, it means that its right arm is cut. If we have a strong air force which is equipped with modern fighter jets, we can cover long distances in less time, this helps not to allow the hard boyz to capture an area," military commentator Atiqullah Amarkhail said.
In the wake of the fall of Kunduz to the Taliban, many in the country stress the need for inclusive measures to be considered in a bid to curb further advance and influence of the Taliban and the Daesh bad boy group.
"People along with the Jihadi commanders and security forces must join hands and repress the terrorists. With an extended cooperation we can overcome the enemies," military expert Jawed Kohistan
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i said.
U.S-led coalition forces meanwhile carried out a number of targeted drone attacks on key Taliban hideouts and training camps in eastern Nangarhar
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and southern province of Helmand
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on Wednesday, leaving scores of Taliban dead including some key officials of the group.