Seven anti-government militants were killed and five others injuries as clash erupted in Dasht-e-Archi district of Kunduz province with Kunduz city as its capital, 250 km north of Kabul on Friday, police said. "A clash erupted in Daftani and Tapai Godamdar villages of Dasht-e-Archi district this morning as a result seven armed militants were killed and five others injured," provincial police chief Ghulam Mustafa Mohsini told newsmen here.

He didn't say if there were casualties on the security personnel.

However, army officer Janullah Safi in talks with media confirmed that three Afghan soldiers and a police constable sustained injuries in the fight which lasted for a while.

Dasht-e-Barchi district in the northern Kunduz province has been the scene of Taliban militant's activities over the past couple of years. Endit

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