At least 16 people have been killed in violence in Afghanistan, authorities said Sunday.
Early Sunday morning, four pro-government militiamen and three Taliban militants were killed in clashes at Hazrat-e-Sultan in Kunduz city, Xinhua reported citing a police officer.
In an overnight operation in Wardak province, police killed two militants and arrested four.
One civilian and six militants were killed in an attack on a police checkpoint in Nazyano district of eastern Nangarhar province Saturday night. Four people were injured, including a policeman.
The Taliban-led insurgency has been rampant since the militant group launched an offensive in April against Afghan government forces and NATO-led troops stationed in the country.