Xinhua News Agency, Kabul, September 19 (Reporter Chen Xin Zou Delu) The Afghan National Defense Ministry said on the 19th that the Afghan security forces launched an air strike against Taliban fighters in the northern Kunduz Province that day, killing more than 30 fighters and injuring 8 others.

  The Ministry of National Defense of Afghanistan issued a statement on social media saying that Taliban fighters attacked the security checkpoint in the Khan Abad area of ​​Kunduz Province that morning, and security forces subsequently launched air strikes against Taliban fighters.

The airstrike caused the death of more than 30 armed personnel, including two Taliban leaders, and 8 armed personnel were injured.

In addition, 4 cars, 8 motorcycles and some weapons and ammunition belonging to Taliban fighters were destroyed in the air strikes.

  The statement said that in response to local villagers' claims that airstrikes caused several civilian casualties, the Afghan Ministry of Defense will launch an investigation.

  The Taliban issued a statement on social media that day, denying that armed personnel of the organization were killed in the airstrike, and said that 23 civilians were killed in the airstrike.

  On the 12th of this month, the Afghan government, the Afghan Taliban and other Afghan factions started peace talks in Doha, the capital of Qatar.

However, the Taliban's attacks on Afghan security forces and government agencies have not stopped.