On Saturday night (April 30), the National Resistance Front (NRF) forces led by Khair Mohammad Andarabi carried out attacks on Taliban bases in the villages of Taghanak and Paskundi in the Pul-e-Hesar district (in the Andarab region) of Baghlan province.
According to independent sources, casualties were reported on both sides. Eleven Taliban members and an NRF commander named Sabzali Andarabi were reportedly killed during the clashes.
The NRF is said to have ousted the Taliban from some villages and captured Taliban bases.
The NRF has launched a series of crackdowns on the Taliban in some northern provinces in the past few weeks. Baghlan province is one of the fronts where the NRF has managed to critically challenge the Taliban. Taliban casualties in Baghlan province have increased unprecedentedly.