KUNDUZ, Afghanistan, June 26 (Xinhua) -- About 16 Taliban militants were killed in a U.S. drone attack in Afghanistan's northern province of Kunduz overnight, a military statement said on Sunday.
"A senior Taliban leader named Mullah Jannat Gul along with 15 of his men were killed after a pilotless plane of international forces struck two vehicles running along a road in Quash Tipa, Chahar Dara district Saturday night," said the statement issued by the Afghan army's Division 20 Pamir stationed in the region.
The insurgents tried to relocate but the struck came after a tip-off confirmed the movement of the insurgents in the restive district, the statement noted.
In an unrelated incident, Abdul Samad, a Taliban intelligence agent and insurgents' suicide attack facilitator, was captured in an Afghan army security checkpoint in Ghorband district of eastern Parwan province on Saturday, an army source told Xinhua earlier.
The Afghan security forces have beefed up security operations and NATO-led forces increased drone attacks against militants since early April after Taliban militants started their so-called annual spring offensive and step up attacks across the country.
The Taliban militants group has yet to make comments.
