Afghan forces and Taliban militants continue to clash despite US officials announcing breakthrough in peace talks
Afghan security forces stand guard at the scene of a car bombing near US Bagram Air Base in Bagram, Afghanistan, 11 December 2019.
While negotiators from the warring sides pressed on with meetings in Doha, Qatar, the Taliban and the Afghan government both reported fighting on the ground. "As result of a targeted air strike by Afghan air forces, Mawlavi Sardar Mohammad, a key member of the Taliban military commission, was killed along with eight others," the ministry said in a statement.A Taliban spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, said the insurgents had killed six Afghan soldiers, including two officers, in an attack on a checkpoint in northern Kunduz province.
US President Donald Trump said on Thursday there was a "good chance" of reaching an agreement with the Taliban on a reduction of US troops in Afghanistan.
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