Afghan and the U.S.-led Coalition forces killed five militants and detained four suspected militants early Sunday morning in northern Afghan province of Kunduz during an operation targeting a terrorist network, said a Coalition statement. "In coordination with local Afghan police, the joint forces conducted an assault of a compound in Kunduz Province, near the Afghan-Tajik border," the statement said.
It added that five militants were killed during the fire fight and four others were arrested. "Multiple AK-47 assault rifles and chest racks were found on the compound," it said. However, an Afghan official in Kunduz differed from the statement of Coalition forces by saying international troops in a surprise operation Sunday broke in the Mayor's house and killed five people in Iman Sahib district of Kunduz province. Juma Khan, the district chief, said those who have been killed were all civilians. Harming non-combatants has prompted Afghan President Hamid Karzai to repeatedly call on international troops to avoid civilian causalities. More than 2,000 civilians, according to UN report, had been killed in clashes and military operations in 2008 and the world body called on warring sides to avoid harming civilians during conflicts.
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