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Taliban kill 18 Afghan soldiers, some beheaded
Kunduz (Afghanistan) (AFP) - Militants killed 18 Afghan soldiers -- including some who were beheaded -- after storming army outposts in the remote mountainous northeast, officials said Monday, in a major attack before the Taliban's traditional spring offensive.
The pre-dawn raid in the Jurm district of Badakhshan province on Friday marks a grim setback for Afghan forces, set to face their first fighting season in which they battle insurgents without full NATO support.
The militants have stepped up attacks on government and foreign targets since Washington backpedalled on plans to shrink the US force in Afghanistan this year by nearly half.
"Eighteen Afghan soldiers were martyred and eight of them were beheaded" on Friday, provincial spokesman Naweed Frotan told AFP, adding that some 200 fighters stormed the posts.
The Taliban attackers also took seven soldiers hostage, but three of them were later freed after the intervention of local elders, acting provincial governor Shah Waliullah Adeeb told local media.
"Three of those taken hostage were martyred and one other soldier remains missing," he said.
The defence ministry confirmed the incident in a statement and said the fighting left a total of 33 Afghan soldiers dead, wounded or missing.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, which highlights Afghanistan's precarious security situation as US-led foreign troops pull back from the frontlines after a 13-year war against the insurgents.
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